Ebook: Readings in Indian Sociology: Volume I: Towards Sociology of Dalits

pt. 1. Towards Sociology of Dalits, features 11 select articles with a comprehensive introductory chapter which provide a panoramic outline of the content of Dalit studies in India over time and space. The location of Dalits has been inseparably linked with the caste and economy of Indian society giving rise to the practice of untouchability duly supported by tradition and religious ideology. Three major issues discussed in the various chapters of this volume are untouchability and exclusion, conflict and change.
Table of Contents:

Foreword Prakash N. Pimpley
Preface
Introduction Paramjit S Judge
State of Dalit Studies in Sociology
Situating Dalits in Indian Sociology Vivek Kumar
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Nation: Situating G.S. Ghurye T.K. Oommen
Caste, Untouchability and Exclusion
Untouchability as a Social Problem: Theory and Research R.D. Lambert
Untouchability: A Myth or a Reality: A Study of Interaction between Scheduled Castes and Liahmins in a Western U.P. Village S.S. Sharma
Scheduled Castes and Urbanization in Punjab: An Explanation Victor S. D'Souza
The Khatiks of Kanpur and the Liistle Trade: Towards an Anthropology of Man and Beast Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp
Mapping Conflict
Dalit Struggle, Nude Worship and the 'Chandragutti Incident' Linda J. Epp
Psychological Conflict between Harijans and Upper Class or Middle Class Caste Hindus: A Study in Andhra Pradesh (India) Venkateswarlu Dollu
Interrogating Change: Theory and Practice
Reservations and the Sanskritization of Scheduled Castes: Some Theoretical Aspects Gopal Guru
Purity, Impurity, Untouchability, then and now A.M. Shah
Stigma Goes Backstage: Reservation in Jobs and Education Tulsi Patel
Index
Appendix of Sources