To Be Cared for: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum Volume 20

To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits...
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Author: Nathaniel Roberts
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To Be Cared for: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum Volume 20 by Roberts, Nathaniel

To Be Cared for: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum Volume 20

Dhs. 793.03

To Be Cared for: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum Volume 20

Dhs. 793.03
Author: Nathaniel Roberts
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity, as well as Indian nationalist narratives of Christianity as a "foreign" ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, conversion integrates the slum community--Christians and Hindus alike--by addressing hidden moral fault lines that subtly pit residents against one another in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own land."

Read an interview with the author on the Association for Asian Studies' #AsiaNow blog.

Author: Nathaniel Roberts
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 04/26/2016
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780520288812

About the Author
Nathaniel Roberts is Research Fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen.

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