Sociology http://soc.sagepub.com/ The Embodiment of Caste : Oppression‚ Protest and Change Hugo Gorringe and Irene Rafanell Sociology 2007 41: 97 DOI: 10.1177/0038038507074721 The online version of this article can be found at: http://soc.sagepub.com/content/41/1/97 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: British Sociological Association Additional services and information for Sociology can be found at: Email Alerts: http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions:
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pavements shaded by dense coconut trees on both sides with palm-thatched mud houses facing the road on either sides. Apparently‚ even though the entire sub-district is poverty-stricken‚ it is the absence of attractive brick and tile-roofed houses in a dalit hamlet which makes it distinct from the nearby upper caste
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discriminated lowest castes of India such as Untouchables and Shudras under Scheduled Castes‚ and certain economically backward castes as Other Backward Castes.[21][8] The Scheduled Castes are sometimes referred to as Dalit in contemporary literature. In 2001‚ the proportion of Dalit
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was prepared by Ambedkar for The Annual Conference of the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal of Lahore‚ but never delivered due to the cancellation of the Conference by the Reception Committee. This reading is about the debate between two men‚ B.R. Ambedkar‚ a Dalit or Untouchable‚ and Mahatma Gandhi‚ a Vaishya born to a family of privileged caste Hindus. These two men had very different opinions and interests; however‚ they were still loved and praised by their followers. Dr. Ambedkar would always challenge
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ethnicities come from all over the world; there are people‚ cultures‚ and ethnicities from the all over the Middle East‚ Europe‚ and Asia. Even with all of the diverse cultures‚ races‚ and ethnicities there is still discrimination against the lower caste Dalits once considered"untouchables". India is the oldest continuous civilization in the world‚ and this has enabled India to absorb a variety of cultures from all around the world (Singh‚ Bhatia‚ Chaubey‚ Datta‚ and Samson‚ 1989). There is no such thing
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SOCIAL INEQUALITY BASED ON CASTE Contents 1. Introduction 2. Objectives 3. Scope 4. Definitions 4.1 Social inequalities 4.2 Caste 5. Why inequalities 6. Global caste discrimination 7. Case Study –Caste discrimination in India Context 7.1 Definition & Background 7.2 Caste discrimination in practice 7.3. India’s legal framework 7.3.1 The Indian Constitution 7.3.2 The Indian Penal Code 7.4 Implementation issues 7.5 International commitments
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discusses the situation of the so-called Dalits (untouchables)‚ which are typically considered to fall outside of the caste system. In addition to secondary evidence based on recent literature analyzing the relevance and impact of the caste system on poverty‚ the article is also based on an interview with a young male Indian‚ who experienced the impact of the caste system as well as the impact of the recently adopted reservation system for India’s Dalits. I. Introduction In India‚ as well
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6 for Dalits‚ Tribes and other categories has been provided in Rule 7 of Uttar Pradesh Service of Engineers Public Works Department) (Higher) Rules‚ 1990. The Government had provided percentage in reservation for Dalits and Tribes at 18% and 2% respectively in all services or posts to be filled in by promotion through process of selection either by direct recruitment or by competitive examination or limited departmental examination. The said percentage has been increased to 21% for Dalits and retained
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The film “Working Girl” illustrates the feministic fight and struggles of women in the work force in the 1980s to the present‚ every contradiction relates to the main problems that women face. The two main women characters in “Working Girl” represent the two types of stereotypes of women that establish themselves in the corporate world‚ Kathrine Parker and Tess McGill. Despite the film being an inspirational feministic story‚ the writer Kevin Wade created a love plot between the main character‚ Tess
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The Indian caste system describes the system of social stratification and social restrictions in India in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups‚ often termed jātis or castes. Within a jāti‚ there exist exogamous groups known as gotras‚ the lineage or clan of an individual. In a handful of sub-castes such as Shakadvipi‚ endogamy within a gotra is permitted and alternative mechanisms of restricting endogamy are used (e.g. banning endogamy within a surname). The
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