Contending identities : dalits and secular politics in Madras slums
- New Delhi Indian Social Institute 1995
- 63p.
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