A cry for dignity: religion, violence and the struggle of Dalit women in India
Mary C. Grey
A cry for dignity: religion, violence and the struggle of Dalit women in India
Author
Mary C. GreyPublisher
Equinox PubEdition 1
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Title and Author
A cry for dignity: religion, violence and the struggle of Dalit women in India / Mary C. GreyPublication Details
لندن : Equinox Pub، 2010مPhysical Description
viii, 162 p.: ill; 24 cm.Subject
Dalits -- India Social conditionsDalits -- India Religious life
Women -- India Social conditions
Women -- India Religious life
series
(Religion and violence؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]351[ - 851( and indexes.
Contents
Caste in a culture of globalisation -- Born a woman and Dalit: the poisoned chalice: the daily life of Dalit women -- Religion, violence, and Dalit women -- Purity, pollution, and a worsening oppression -- The spirituality of Dalit women: sustaining or oppressing? -- Dalit women, Christianity, and Christian church -- Feminist liberation theology: a resource for Dalit women? -- Opposition to untouchability: Gandhi and Ambedkar -- Dalit women: looking to the future