Sharma, Mukul,  1961- <br/><br/>
Caste and nature :  Dalits and Indian environmental politics / 
 Caste & nature 
Mukul Sharma. 
 - New Delhi, India :  Oxford University Press,  2017. 
 - xxxvi, 296p. ;  23cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-288) and index. 
<br/><br/> Rarely do Indian environmental discourses examine nature through the lens of caste. Whereas nature is considered as universal and inherent, caste is understood as a constructed historical and social entity. The author shows how caste and nature are intimately connected. He compares Dalit meanings of environment to ideas and practices of neo-Brahmanism and certain mainstreams of environmental thought. Showing how Dalit experiences of environment are ridden with metaphors of pollution, impurity, and dirt, the author is able to bring forth new dimensions on both environment and Dalits, without valourizing the latter's standpoint. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199477562 0199477566 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017-329394 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dalits--Political activity--India.<br/>Dalits--Environmental aspects.<br/>Environmental policy--India.<br/>Environmentalism--India.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS422.C3  / S468 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.20954  / SHA