Caste
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Caste

A Global Story

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eBook - ePub

Caste

A Global Story

About this book

Caste, and caste-based discrimination, are not just Indian issues. They are experienced throughout the world, from Britain to Bahrain, Canada to South Africa. This is a global phenomenon, demanding global solutions.

Leading scholar Suraj Milind Yengde shines a light on the Dalit experience internationally, from indentured labourers in the nineteenth-century Caribbean to present-day migrant workers in the Middle East. Combining history, ethnography and archival research, he offers a compelling, comparative approach to caste and race from ancient times to today. What have been the impacts of colonialism, religion and nationalism on caste-based hierarchies worldwide? What can we learn from caste-related movements in India and internationally? Why hasn’t the South Asian diaspora embraced the anti-caste struggles of the homeland? And what are the limits of Dalit–Black solidarity?

Exploring the global footprint of the anti-caste struggle—from its links with Black Lives Matter to the work of international Ambedkarite organisations—this is a powerful analysis of world politics from the perspective of one of the most oppressed communities on Earth. Asking probing questions about the nature of inequality, Yengde issues an energetic call for a cosmopolitan Dalit universalism, as a vital part of today’s fight for social justice and equality.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Photos
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword by Amartya Sen
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. Colonial Dalitality: The Occidental and Oriental Treatment of Caste
  11. 2. Affairs of Letters: Dalit Responses to Black Literature
  12. 3. Race and Caste: In the Age of Dalitā€“Black Lives Matter
  13. 4. The Dalit Republic of Diaspora: A Case Study of Trinidad
  14. 5. Cosmopolitan Dalit Universalism: Dalit Activism and the Promise of an Anti-Caste World
  15. 6. Conclusion: Biography of Dalit Agonismā€”Field Notes from the Diary of an Archivist
  16. Acknowledgements
  17. Appendix: List of Dalit Organizations
  18. List of Illustrations
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. Back Cover