Contending identities : dalits and secular politics in Madras slums

This book contain,
Chapter One: Collective Identities and Secularism
Hegemonic Nationalism and Secularism
Meta-Narratives on Secularism.....
The Anti/Post-Modernist Discourse on Secularism
The Left-Liberal Discourse on Secularism
Redefining Secularism.
The Problem of Identities.
Collective Identity in Historical Process
From Dravidian Identity to Dalit Identity.

Chapter Two: A Note on Methodology: Predicaments Possibilities
Basic Premises of the Study
The Participatory Process
The Method of Interaction/Data Collection
The Selection Process
Area of Study
Practical Limitatons
Field Experience.
Conclusion: The Problem Re-stated

Chapter Three: Constructing Identities: Discourses of the Dravi Movement
Collective Identity :A Search for Recognition
Defining Dalit Identity
The DMK and the Ideological Regression of Dravidian Movement
Conclusion: Communal Polities in Tamilnadu

Chapter Four: Identify, communal consciousness and dalits
From Exploitation to Marginalisation
Dalits in search of identities
Nair Varada Pillai Street
Rajaji Nagar
Munusami Nagar
Anumantha Puram
Condition in the Slums: An Overview
Constituting Communal Identity
Communal Consciousness and the Dalits
Concluding Observations

Chapter Five: Caste Against Communalism: Formation of a Dalit Identity
Caste Identity and Subaltern Consciousness
Constituting Dalit Identity
Collective Action and Dalit Consciousness.
Counter-Cultural Discourse -- Problems.

Chapter Six: Conclusion: Dalits and Secular Politics

Formation of Identities in Formulation of Secularism
The Transformation of Dravidian Movement
Communal Identity and Dalits
Formation of a Dalit Identity Against
Communalism