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Gendered-Caste Violations and the Cultural Politics of Voice in Rural Orissa, India.
- Source :
- Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography; Oct2007, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p609-616, 8p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Despite the legal ban on untouchability over four decades ago, caste discrimination and atrocities perpetrated against 'untouchable' women (or Dalits) continue to be a part of the social landscape in India. Based on a decade-long partnership between a Canadian NGO, a partner Dalit/Adivasi local organization and 75 partner villages in South Orissa, this article provides a localized snapshot of the contemporary nature of caste atrocities committed against Dalit women in the Mohana administrative block. It briefly elaborates on Dalit explanations for such assaults and suggests that when it comes to addressing gendered-caste victimization, there are limits to open democratic advocacy which need to be acknowledged by activists and critical scholarship engaged with the cultural politics of 'voice'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DALITS
ABUSED women
CRIMES against women
GENDER
INDIC castes
NONPROFIT organizations
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0966369X
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26641121
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09663690701562453