British Untouchables

Ghuman, Paul A[vtar] Singh:
British untouchables : a study of Dalit identity and education / by Paul Ghuman. - Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011. - xviii, 142 S. - (Monitoring change in education)
ISBN 978-0-7546-4877-2
£ 50,00
DDC: 371.829914041

Beschreibung
Dalits, formerly called 'untouchables', remain the most oppressed community in India, and indeed in South Asia and have, until recently, been denied human and civic rights. On emigration to the UK and other Western countries they faced a double disadvantage: caste discrimination and racial discrimination from 'white' society. However, in the late 1990s, second-generation Dalit professionals challenged their caste status and Brahmanism in the West and in South Asia. This work provides a major study on the issues facing the education of Dalit children and young people growing up in Britain.
   The book is based on extensive fieldwork and uses a qualitative research methodology, including in-depth interviews with parents, teachers and children, and detailed observations in homes, schools and places of worship e.g. gurdwaras. It offers a detailed view of areas such as socialisation of children, schooling and education, examination success, parental perceptions of education, bilingualism, acculturation patterns, cultural conflicts and caste and social identities. Central to this work, too, is a thorough introduction to the religious concepts that underpin the notion of 'untouchability' in Hinduism. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Glossary of Terms. vii
Acknowledgements. xi
List of Tables. xiii
List of Abbreviations. xv
A Note on Terminology. xvii
1. Introduction. 1
2. Origin and Theories of the Caste System. 9
3. A Case Study of Untouchables in a Punjabi Village: Class a New Avatar of Caste. 31
4. Family, Social and Religious Organization of Dalits. 51
5. Voices of Young People. 73
6. Teachers’ and Parents’ Views on Caste and Educational Matters. 85
7. Reflections and Application. 97
Bibliography. 109
Appendix A: Six Case Studies. 117
Appendix B: Questionnaires for Interviews. 135
Author Index. 139
Subject Index. 141

Autor
Paul Ghuman is Emeritus Professor and former Head of Education at Aberystwyth University. In 2003 he was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and is an Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick. He has published extensively on issues of cognitive development, bilingualism, biculturalism and is recognised as one of Britain's leading authorities on the intellectual development, educational attainment, and ethnic identity of the UK-born Asian population. Homepage.

Quellen: Ashgate; WorldCat