Averting the Apocalypse: social movements in India today

A Longing for Freedom -- A Missed Tryst -- The Rich and the Poor -- We, the Invisible -- The Rescue of Bishnu and Uma -- Sister Rita's Report -- Devadasis and Hijras -- Female Feticide -- The Goddess of Food -- Tribal India -- A Truck and Some Cows -- Creating a New Revolutionary Class -- The M...

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Main Author: Bonner, Arthur (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 1990
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Summary:A Longing for Freedom -- A Missed Tryst -- The Rich and the Poor -- We, the Invisible -- The Rescue of Bishnu and Uma -- Sister Rita's Report -- Devadasis and Hijras -- Female Feticide -- The Goddess of Food -- Tribal India -- A Truck and Some Cows -- Creating a New Revolutionary Class -- The Mutiny of the Innocents -- Save the Western Ghats -- The Wandering Charcoal Makers -- The Failure of Charisma -- The Golana Massacre -- Temples and Toilets -- A Museum of Living Fossils -- Temples or Tombs? -- Pragmatic Activists -- Population and Sterilization -- A Model for Community Health -- Working for Women -- Slaves of Sabarmati -- The Rape of Guntaben -- The Mystic Dancer -- Bihar: Blindings and Massacres -- The Role of Activists -- Nonviolent Melodrama -- Journalism and Its Perils -- We Have a Dream -- Myths and Identity -- The Front Paw of the Revolution -- From Revolt to Renewal -- A Civilization That Doesn't Work -- Death by Encounter -- A Village Confrontation -- A Man with Faith in India -- Broken Promises, Broken Children -- The Little Carpet Makers -- The Little Match Girls -- Riddles of Hinduism -- The Conversions at Meenakshipuram -- Manipulating Myths and Symbols -- The Juggernaut Claims Its Victims -- The Politics of Passion -- The Fiery Swami -- The Triumph of Gandhi's Assassin -- Averting the Apocalypse
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index
Physical Description:vi, 467 p maps 24 cm
ISBN:9780822381631
082238163X

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