Untouchable. An Indian Life History

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2854875
AutoresChristoph Von Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer‐haimendorf (SOAS University of London, autor correspondente), James M Freeman
Ano1979
Volume52
Fascículo4
Páginas737
Data de publicação1979-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2757094
OpenAlexW2134924269
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas33

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, ' transvestites (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

Caste · Ethnography · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies