Death of the sacred : Cow, caste and dalit politics in India

Kapoor, Shivani (2023) Death of the sacred : Cow, caste and dalit politics in India. In: Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. 2nd ed. Routledge, London, pp. 401-411. ISBN 9781003278436

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Abstract

The chapter revisits the episode of caste atrocity and violence perpetuated at Una, Gujarat in 2016 to examine the conversations and the politics which this event triggered. The chapter argues that by making public the death and the carcass of the sacred cow in the aftermath of this violent event, Dalit politics has inserted the death of sacred into the conversation on caste and the nation

Item Type: Book Section
Keywords: Caste Atrocity | Violence | Una, Gujarat | Dalit politics
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Human Rights
JGU School/Centre: Centre for Writing Studies
Depositing User: Subhajit Bhattacharjee
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2023 16:14
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2023 04:44
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003278436
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/6927

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