Dalit Movements and the Meanings of Labour in IndiaPeter Robb This book traces various interesting aspects of the story of Indian labor from the eighteenth century to the present day, assessing the degrees of continuity with past practice, and whether the modern assumptions about work--its separation from other aspects of daily life, its commoditization, its class implications--have often been reflected in Indian experience. The essays propose a number of general points on how ideological and religious ferment accompanies economic change, and also treat particulars that resonate against entrenched social conditions and attitudes. As a whole the book forms a comparative story of the concepts of labor and of social hierarchy. |
Contents
Ideological Origins of Labour Law | 87 |
the Struggle for Indias Jharkhand | 121 |
Rethinking Female Participation in Tribal Labour | 151 |
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Acchutanand adivasi Agrarian agricultural Ambedkar areas argued Assam B.R. Ambedkar Bengal bhakti bhikkhu Bihar Bombay bondage Brahmans British Buddha Buddhism Calcutta capital capitalist cent Chamars Chota Nagpur colonial context contract cultivation culture dalits Delhi Dhamma district Durgapur economic emigration employed employers employment example factory festivals forest groups Hinduism History Ibid ideology India industry Jharkhand jute mills kamias Kanpur labour force land large number legislation lower castes Madras Malabar ment migration mines moral movement Nayar nineteenth century notion official organisation Orissa pariah peasants Peter Robb plantations planters political practices Prakash production RCLI recruitment regulation relations religion religious Report ritual role rural Santal sardars Scheduled sector shrines slavery social society South Asia status steel towns Studies temple tharavadu tion Titagh No.1 Tiyya traditional tribal unfree labour untouchables urban village wages weavers women workers workforce worship