TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paik, Shailaja, 
TI  - The vulgarity of caste : : dalits, sexuality, and humanity in modern India / 
SN  - 9788195539215
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Navayana
KW  - Dalit women--India--Maharashtra--History--20th century
KW  - Vulgarity--India--Maharashtra--History--20th century
N2  - "Tamasha is a secular, traveling, public theatre practiced predominantly by Dalits for centuries. The artform spread like a wildfire in the entertainment market in colonial Maharashtra. Its mixture of humor, sexuality, and bombast offered a forbidding combination of the commercial and the lowbrow. Central to these performances were the Dalit Tamasha women who represented both the desire and disgust of a patriarchal society. The Vulgarity of Caste offers the first social and intellectual history of Tamasha. Drawing on untapped archival materials, ethnographies, popular writings and films, Shailaja Paik uncovers how Dalit performers, activists, and leaders negotiated the violence, brutality, exploitation and stigma in Tamasha. She puts these women at the center, as they reclaim manuski (human dignity) and transform themselves from ashlil (vulgar) to assli (authentic) and manus (human)."--
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