Beef, brahmins, and broken men : an annotated critical selection from the Untouchables

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Full Title:: Beef, brahmins, and broken men : an annotated critical selection from the Untouchables / B.R. Ambedkar ; edited and annotated by Alex George and S. Anand ; introduction by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Uniform Title:: Untouchables. Selections

Additional Author/Creators:: George, Alex, editor
Anand, S. (Journalist), editor
Ilaiah, K. (Kancha), 1952-, writer of introduction

Genre:: Electronic books
Subjects:: Dalits--India--History
Brahmans--History
Beef--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Table of Contents:: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: No Democracy Without Beef: Ambedkar, Identity, and Nationhood, by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd -- Fool's Errand: A Note on the Notes to and Selection from Ambedkar's The Untouchables, by S. Anand and Alex George -- Selections from B.R Ambedkar's The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables? -- Preface -- Part IV: New theories of the origin of Untouchability. -- Chapter 9: Contempt for Buddhists as the root of Untouchability -- Chapter 10: Beef-eating as the root of Untouchability -- Part V: The new theories and some hard questions
Chapter 11: Did the Hindus never eat beef? -- Chapter 12: Why did non-Brahmins give up beef-eating? -- Chapter 13: What made the Brahmins become vegetarians? -- Chapter 14: Why should beef-eating make Broken Men Untouchable? -- Part VI: Untouchability and the date of its birth -- Chapter 15: The Impure and the Untouchables -- Chapter 16: When did Broken Men become Untouchables? -- The Broken Men theory: Beginnings of a Reading, by Alex George and S. Anand -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource
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