Untouchable Freedom: A Social History of a Dalit Community

By Vijay Prashad

Book Overview

This volume is on the Balmikis of Delhi, who work as sanitation workers and keep the city clean. They live in poverty and face sustained discrimination. In response the Balmikis fight to liberate themselves. Untouchable Freedom is the first comprehensive study of this community and traces their struggles from the 1860s to the present, as they have moved from agricultural labor to urban work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195658485
• ISBN13: 9780195658484
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.4"