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Orient BlackSwan Identity, Conflict, and Counter-narratives: Dalit Experiences in Culture, Politics, and Stigmatisation by Yagati Chinna Rao and Raj Sekhar Basu
1. Dalits and Martial Traditions: Historical Antecedents from Andhra
B. Rama Chandra Reddy 40
2. Problematising Dalit History: Slavery in South India
P. Sanal Mohan 81
3. On the Nature of Caste Violence: Pollution, Territoriality, and Madness
Priyadarshini Vijaisri 97
4. The Political Economy of Theyyam: A History of Use and Appropriation
Rajesh Komath 131
5. Education and Exclusion: Historically Situating the Marginalised in Kerala
Roshni Padmanabhan 151
6. From Derogation to Dignity: The Construction of Dalit Identity by Mala Mahanadu and Madiga Dandora in Andhra Pradesh
S. Victor Babu 180
7. Popular Culture and Social Mobility among the Lower Orders of Colonial Bengal
Sudarshana Bhaumik 192
8. Leather-working Communities and their Dependent Castes: Patron–Client Relations in Telugu-Speaking Regions of South India
Thallapally Manohar 210
9. Non-Brahmin and Adi Dravida Politics: An Uneasy Story of Collaboration and Conflict in Early-Twentieth-Century Tamil Nadu
Raj Sekhar Basu 238
10. The History and Politics of Dalit Sub-Classification in India
Yagati Chinna Rao 284
Note on the Contributors 333
Index 336