The Vulgarity of Caste: Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India

by Shailaja Paik

Book Overview

This book offers the first social and intellectual history of Dalit performance of Tamasha-a popular form of public, secular, traveling theater in Maharashtra-and places Dalit Tamasha women who represented the desire and disgust of the patriarchal society at the heart of modernization in twentieth century India. Drawing on ethnographies, films, and untapped archival materials, Shailaja Paik illuminates how Tamasha was produced and shaped through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503632385
• ISBN13: 9781503632387
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"