Dalit Ecologies
Caste and Environment Justice
Published on 2. January 2025
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-009-45345-5 (ISBN)
Description
Dalit Ecologies explores the ecological experiences, histories, and perspectives integrated within Dalit writing, art, and culture. Aligning with theories of environment justice and ecological struggles experienced by Black populations, the book delves into six major themes: caste, earth and earthly environment, labour, and mobility, casteization of technology and industry, climate justice, Dalit Bahujan Anthropocene, and eco-literary tradition. It looks at the relationship between caste and environment, Dalit autobiographies, folktales and novels, city, waste and discard, caste-based industry and occupation, technological injustice, weather, caste and climate change, and Black-Dalit ecologies. Expanding the boundaries of environmental studies, the book brings attention to individuals like Adwaita Mallabarman, Bama, Nek Chand and Deena-Bhadri on the one hand, and specific places and arenas like the rock garden, tannery, brick kiln, steel industry, and sanitation on the other.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-45345-5 (9781009453455)
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Person
Mukul Sharma is Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University, India. He is the author of Caste & Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics (Oxford University Press, 2017), Green and Saffron: Hindu Nationalism and Indian Environmental Politics (Ranikhet: Permanent Black, 2012), and Human Rights in a Globalised World: An Indian Diary (Delhi: Sage, 2010). His research interests lie at the intersection of ecology, religion, politics, and media in the making of environmental politics in India and South Asia. He has been the South Asia Director of Climate Parliament.
Content
Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature: 'My World Is a Different World': Caste and Dalit Eco-Literary Traditions; 3. Culture: 'God of Humans': Dina-Bhadri, Dalit Folktales and Environmental Movements; 4. Rivers and Commons: Titash and Malos; 5. Anthropocene: 'Modern' Chandigarh, Nek Chand, Rock Garden and Dalit bahujan Anthropocenes; 6. Industry: Caste of Labour, Dalits, Industrial Ecosystem and Environmental Politics; 7. Technology: Tanneries, Tanners and Technological Injustices; 8. Climate Change: Weather, Climate, Caste Economy and Dalit Experiences; 9. Caste and Race: Environment Justice and Intersections of Dalit-Black Ecologies; Bibliography.