Social Mobility in Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict by Caroline Osella, Filippo Osella

Social Mobility in Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict

Caroline Osella, Filippo Osella

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The Izhavas are an ex-untouchable community in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Politically and economically weak, stigmatised as 'toddy tappers' and 'devil dancers', and considered unapproachable by clean caste Hindus, a century ago Izhavas w...

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