TY - BOOK AU - Shah, Ghanshyam AU - Thorat, Sukhadeo AU - Mander, Harsh TI - Untouchability in rural India SN - 9780761935070 U1 - 305.5688 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage Publications KW - Caste KW - India KW - Dalits KW - Social conditions KW - Rural conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-208) and index; Introduction : caste, untouchability and Dalits in rural India -- Rural untouchability today : forms and sites -- 'Unclean' occupations : savaged by tradition -- Dalit women and the practice of untouchability -- Violence against Dalits -- Demanding rights, equality and dignity -- Conclusion ER -