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Author Moon, Vasant.

Title Growing up untouchable in India : a dalit autobiography / Vasant Moon ; translated from the Marathi by Gail Omvedt ; with an introduction by Eleanor Zelliot.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 203 pages).
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Series Asian voices
Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references (pages 193-194) and index.
Contents GROWING UP UNTOUCHABLE IN INDIA; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 The Neighborhood; 2 Fearless; 3 Callousness and Clouds; 4 Heat and Rain; 5 Dev Master's Curse Fails; 6 Religious Hymns; 7 Shooting Star; 8 Chickpeas and Parched Rice; 9 The Unconquered; 10 Parade of Lions and Tigers; 11 Foreshadowing; 12 Holy Victory; 13 Robust and Rollicking; 14 Sports and Study; 15 Politics and Pigeons; 16 Climax; 17 Wrath; 18 Cultural Transformation; 19 An Unspoiled Picture; 20 The Welfare of the World; 21 For What? For Books!; 22 I Begin to Write; 23 The End of Omar Khayyam; 24 Rising Moon; 25 The Vows of Religion.
26 Falling Star27 Tying the Knot; 28 The Spinning Top; 29 Summing Up; Chronology; Glossary; Biographical Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Summary 'In this English translation, Moon's story is usefully framed by apparatus necessary to bring its message to even those taking their first look at South Asian culture ... The result is an easy to digest short-course on what it means to be a Dalit, in the words of one notable Dalit.'-Journal of Asian Studies.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Dalits -- India.
Dalits.
India.
India -- Scheduled tribes.
Scheduled tribes.
People with social disabilities -- India.
People with social disabilities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Omvedt, Gail.
Added Title Vastī. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00046812
Other Form: Print version: Growing up untouchable in India Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2001. 0742508803 (alk. paper) (DLC) 00032847
ISBN 9780585394060 ebook
0585394067
0742508803 alkaline paper
0742508811 paperback alkaline paper
9780742508804 (alkaline paper)
9780742508811 (paperback ; alkaline paper)