A History of Prejudice : race, caste, and difference in India and the United States /
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- 9781107685376
- 305.800973 G996 H 102027
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305.6/97095484 T2127 M 101999 Muslim belonging in secular India : | 305.697095475 Sa584 C 101952 Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State Gujarat since 2002 | 305.800954 D221 F 102184 Fighting eviction : | 305.800973 G996 H 102027 A History of Prejudice : | 305.9/0691809544 T1594 N 101982 Nomadic Narratives : | 306.095 Up4 A 102091 Asian Encounters : | 306.2/6/0954 K1312 W Why Ethnic Parties Succeed : |
This is a book about prejudice and democracy and the prejudice of democracy. In comparing the historical struggles of two geographically disparate populations - Indian Dalits (once known as Untouchables) and African Americans - Gyanendra Pandey the leading subaltern historian examines the multiple dimensions of prejudice in two of the world's leading democracies. The juxtaposition of two very different locations and histories and within each of them of varying public and private narratives of struggle allows for an uncommon analysis of the limits of citizenship in modern societies and states. Pandey with his characteristic delicacy probes the histories of his protagonists to uncover a shadowy world where intolerance and discrimination are part of both public and private lives. This unusual and sobering book is revelatory in its exploration of the contradictory history of promise and denial that is common to the official narratives of nations such as India and the United States and the ideologies of many opposition movements.
Introduction -- Prejudice as difference -- Dalit conversion: the assertion of sameness -- 'Double V': the everyday of race relations -- An African American autobiography: re-locating difference -- Dalit memoirs: re-scripting the body -- The persistence of prejudice.
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