Dalit Women Speak Out: Caste Class and Gender Violence in India
By: Aloysius Irudayam and others
Contributor(s): IRUDAYAM (Aloysius) | MANGUBHAI (Jayshree P) | LEE (Joel G)Material type: 
TextLanguage: English Publisher: New Delhi Zubaan 2014Description: xx,445p. PB 21x14cmISBN: 9789383074761Subject(s): Verbal Abuse | Dalit Women Violence against India | Women's Studies | Physical Assault | Sexual Violence againt Dalit women | Social WelfareDDC classification: 362.8 Summary: The right to equality regardless of gender or caste is fundamental in India. Yet even the Indian government has acknowledged that the institutional forces arrayed against this right are powerful - and, what's more, that they shape people's mindsets in a way that encourages them to accept pervasive gender and caste inequality. This is nowhere more apparent than within the cast-segregated localities where Dalit women live. This volume presents an analytical overview of the complexities of the systemic violence that Dalit women face, through analysis of five hundred narratives by Dalit women from four states. The book joins analysis to excerpts of these narratives, which are then used to illustrate wider trends and patterns, with the goal of bringing attention, and understanding, to the plight of these women.
This study presents an analytical overview of the complexities of systemic violence that Dalit women face through analysis of 500 Dalit women's narratives across four states. Excerpts of these narratives are utilized to illustrate the wider trends and patterns of different manifestations of violence against Dalit women.
About the Author:
Aloysius Irudayam S. J. is program director of the Research, Advocacy, and Human Rights Education Department at the Institute of Development Education, Action and Studies in Tamil Nadu. Jayshree P. Mangubhai is currently a senior program officer with Christian Aid in India. Joel G. Lee was a researcher at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies and is now a graduate student at Columbia University
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The right to equality regardless of gender or caste is fundamental in India. Yet even the Indian government has acknowledged that the institutional forces arrayed against this right are powerful - and, what's more, that they shape people's mindsets in a way that encourages them to accept pervasive gender and caste inequality. This is nowhere more apparent than within the cast-segregated localities where Dalit women live. This volume presents an analytical overview of the complexities of the systemic violence that Dalit women face, through analysis of five hundred narratives by Dalit women from four states. The book joins analysis to excerpts of these narratives, which are then used to illustrate wider trends and patterns, with the goal of bringing attention, and understanding, to the plight of these women.
This study presents an analytical overview of the complexities of systemic violence that Dalit women face through analysis of 500 Dalit women's narratives across four states. Excerpts of these narratives are utilized to illustrate the wider trends and patterns of different manifestations of violence against Dalit women.
About the Author:
Aloysius Irudayam S. J. is program director of the Research, Advocacy, and Human Rights Education Department at the Institute of Development Education, Action and Studies in Tamil Nadu. Jayshree P. Mangubhai is currently a senior program officer with Christian Aid in India. Joel G. Lee was a researcher at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies and is now a graduate student at Columbia University
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Note from the Authors Introduction 1. Conceptual Framework 2. Profile of Dalit Women 3. The Social Context 4. Forms and Frequency of Violence: An Overview 5. Verbal Abuse 6. Physical Assault 7. Sexual Violence 8. Kidnapping, Abduction and Forced Incarceration 9. Medical Negligence 10. Female Foeticide and Infanticide, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence 11. Causal Factors for Violence 12. Dalit Women’s Courage and Resilience 13. Effects of Violence on Dalit Women 14. Responses to Violence against Dalit Women 15. Concluding Observations Bibliography Glossary
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