The Making Of The Dalit Public In North India Is A Commentary On Politics And Political Consciousness, Participation, And Mobilization Among The Dalits Of Uttar Pradesh. Based On Extensive Fieldwork At The Village Level In Eastern Uttar Pradesh, It Deals With Dalit Social And Political History In Uttar Pradesh From 1950 To The Present. Badri Narayan Tiwari Examines The Process Of Politicization Of Dalit Communities Through Their Internal Social Struggles And Movements, And Their Emergence As A 'political Public' In The State-oriented Democratic Political Setting Of Contemporary India. This Process Is Represented Through Stories And Narratives That Span The Oppressed Historical Moments Of The Marginalized, Documenting Various Social Upheavels In Post-independence India. The Volume Uses Various Alternative Sources, Alive In The Oral Tradition And 'collective Memory' Of The Grassroots To Explain Contemporary History Of Dalit Mobilization In North India. The Making Of The Dalit Public In North India Unfolds The Suppressed Multiple Layers Of Dalit Consciousness, Hitherto Ignored By Mainstream Discourse.--publisher's Description. Conversations, Histories, And Politics -- Telling Nehru And Aspiring For Freedom -- History Produces Politics : A Narrative Of The Nara-maveshi Movement In Uttar Pradesh -- The Politicisation Of Dalit Women : Jhuria's Story -- A Book Also Travels : Circulating Small Booklets In Dalit Poorva -- Dalit Public And Political Power : Grassroots Pressures On Democracy -- Popular Sects And Politics : An Exploration Of Intersections -- Hearing Dalit Talk : The Functioning Of Electoral Democracy In A Village -- In Search Of Alternative Dalit Politics. Badri Narayan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [153]-162) And Index.

Badri Narayan Tiwari

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Badrī Nārāyaṇa

Nārāyaṇa, Badrī

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

New Delhi: Oxford University Press

German Historical Institute London

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1, PS, 2011

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xxxviii, 168 p. : 23 cm
"The Making of the Dalit Public in North India is a commentary on politics and political consciousness, participation, and mobilization among the Dalits of Uttar Pradesh. Based on extensive fieldwork at the village level in eastern Uttar Pradesh, it deals with Dalit social and political history in Uttar Pradesh from 1950 to the present. Badri Narayan Tiwari examines the process of politicization of Dalit communities through their internal social struggles and movements, and their emergence as a 'political public' in the State-oriented democratic political setting of contemporary India. This process is represented through stories and narratives that span the oppressed historical moments of the marginalized, documenting various social upheavels in post-independence India. The volume uses various alternative sources, alive in the oral tradition and 'collective memory' of the grassroots to explain contemporary history of Dalit mobilization in north India. The Making of the Dalit Public in North India unfolds the suppressed multiple layers of Dalit consciousness, hitherto ignored by mainstream discourse."--Publisher's description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-162) and index
Conversations, Histories, and Politics -- Telling Nehru and Aspiring for Freedom -- History Produces Politics : A Narrative of the Nara-Maveshi Movement in Uttar Pradesh -- The Politicisation of Dalit Women : Jhuria's Story -- A Book Also Travels : Circulating Small Booklets in Dalit Poorva -- Dalit Public and Political Power : Grassroots Pressures on Democracy -- Popular Sects and Politics : An Exploration of Intersections -- Hearing Dalit Talk : The Functioning of Electoral Democracy in a Village -- In Search of Alternative Dalit Politics

The Making of the Dalit Public in North India is a detailed commentary on politics and political consciousness, participation, and mobilization among the Dalits in northern India. Based on extensive fieldwork at the village level in eastern Uttar Pradesh, it deals with the social and political
history of Dalits in the state from 1950 to the present.
Using alternative sources stories and narratives alive in the oral tradition and collective memory of the oppressed and marginalized Dalits, Narayan documents various social upheavals that have taken place in post-Independence India. He also examines the process of politicization of Dalit
communities through their internal social struggles and movements, and their emergence as a political public in the State-oriented democratic political setting of contemporary India.

Based on extensive fieldwork, this book is a commentary on politics and political consciousness, participation, and mobilization among the Dalits of Uttar Pradesh. It deals with Dalit social and political history in the state from 1950 to the present.

2024-07-01