(Un)making the manual scavenger: Caste, contract, and ecological uncertainty in Bengaluru, India

In contemporary Indian cities, sewage infrastructures hold out the promise of liberal modernity. But they have also become sites for the reinvention of “manual scavenging,” a legally abolished caste practice that degrades and kills ostracized communities by exposing them to human excreta. Amid offic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American ethnologist 2023-08, Vol.50 (3), p.491-505
1. Verfasser:	Sreenath, Shreyas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activism Biopolitics Caste Liberalism Modernity Sewage disposal Sewers Transformation Uncertainty Underreporting
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