Becoming a dalit panther: Caste-based activism in South India

Ethnic Activism and Civil Society in South Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 145-174

  Gorringe, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9788132104223.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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