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Untouchable : An Indian Life History - 79 edition

by James M. Freeman

Untouchable : An Indian Life History (ISBN10: 0804711038; ISBN13: 9780804711036)
ISBN13: 978-0804711036
ISBN10: 0804711038

This edition has also been released as:
ISBN13: 978-0804710015
ISBN10: 0804710015

Summary: Freeman's study of a forty-year-old untouchable, named Muli, is a welcome contribution to South Asian ethnography, offering unique insights into the impact of complex psychosocial and environmental forces on India's untouchable castes. . . . It also has broader implications for the understanding of oppressed peoples throughout the world. . . . The volume includes certain topics that have received little attention from anthropologists. There are chapters on 'oath friendships, ' transv ...show moreestites (male prostitutes), a symbolic marriage to a tree trunk, and several devastating chapters about the sexual exploitation of Bauri women by high-caste men. The text is full of rich information on social roles, family structure, marriage customs, and dishonesty among bureaucrats, priests, farmers, and even fellow Bauris.'' ---James J. Preston, ''Journal of Psychological Anthropology'' ...show less

Edition/Copyright: 79
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 05/01/1979

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