Dalit Women Speak Out
Caste, Class and Gender Violence in India
Distributed for Seagull Books - Zubaan Books
466 pages
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5 3/4 x 8 3/4
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© 2011
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
A Note from the Authors
Introduction
1. Conceptual Framework
2. Profile of Dalit Women
3. The Social Context
4. Forms and Frequency of Violence: An Overview
5. Verbal Abuse
6. Physical Assault
7. Sexual Violence
8. Kidnapping, Abduction and Forced Incarceration
9. Medical Negligence
10. Female Foeticide and Infanticide, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
11. Causal Factors for Violence
12. Dalit Women’s Courage and Resilience
13. Effects of Violence on Dalit Women
14. Responses to Violence against Dalit Women
15. Concluding Observations
Bibliography
Glossary
Abbreviations
A Note from the Authors
Introduction
1. Conceptual Framework
2. Profile of Dalit Women
3. The Social Context
4. Forms and Frequency of Violence: An Overview
5. Verbal Abuse
6. Physical Assault
7. Sexual Violence
8. Kidnapping, Abduction and Forced Incarceration
9. Medical Negligence
10. Female Foeticide and Infanticide, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
11. Causal Factors for Violence
12. Dalit Women’s Courage and Resilience
13. Effects of Violence on Dalit Women
14. Responses to Violence against Dalit Women
15. Concluding Observations
Bibliography
Glossary
Review Quotes
V. Geetha, The Hindu
“A remarkable feature of this study is its attempt to evolve a taxonomy of violence….[T]he manner in which Dalit women work to preserve a sense of the self in the midst of all works against such an effort is moving and humbling.”
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