Dalit Revolution? New Politicians in Uttar Pradesh, India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3665765
AutoresCraig Jeffrey (0000-0001-7263-8992, University of Washington), Patricia Jeffery (University of Washington), Roger Jeffery (0000-0003-1702-7253, University of Washington)
Año2008
Volumen67
Número04
Páginas1365
Fecha de publicación2008-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/s0021911808001812
OpenAlexW2154156368
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas28
Referencias citadas39

This paper uses recent field research to challenge the widely held view that a “Dalit revolution” is occurring in North India. Drawing on two years' ethnographic research in a village in western Uttar Pradesh, the authors uncover the growing importance of a generation of local political activists among Dalits (former untouchables) while also showing that these young men have not been able to effect a broad structural transformation at the local level. The authors use this case to identify a need for further research on South Asian political change that links party political transformation to questions of local level social practice and subaltern consciousness

Consciousness · Ethnography · Geography · Political consciousness · Political science · Politics · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subaltern · Uttar pradesh · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora