Caste and nature : Dalits and Indian environmental politics /

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Author / Creator:Sharma, Mukul, 1961- author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12685009
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ISBN:9780199090969 (ebook) : No price
Notes:This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 28, 2018).
Summary:Rarely do Indian environmental discourses examine nature through the lens of caste. Whereas nature is considered as universal and inherent, caste is understood as a constructed historical and social entity. Mukul Sharma shows how caste and nature are intimately connected. He compares Dalit meanings of environment to ideas and practices of neo-Brahmanism and certain mainstreams of environmental thought. Showing how Dalit experiences of environment are ridden with metaphors of pollution, impurity and dirt, the author is able to bring forth new dimensions on both environment and Dalits, without valourising the latter's standpoint.
Target Audience:Specialized.
Other form:Print version : 9780199477562