Dalit Ethnography : The Doms of Eastern UP/Shruti Singh. New Delhi, Mohit, 2008, x, 228 p., tables, ISBN 81-7445-413-3.

    Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgement. 1. Introduction. 2. The problems and methods of study. 3. Approaches to the study of ethnography. 4. Ethnography of Doms: i. Antecedents and its legends. ii. Structural profile. 5. Background to studies on culture. 6. Cultural profile. 7. Conclusions. Bibliography. Index.

    "The main objective of this book is to construct a brief ethnography of Doms. The book highlights the weakest of the weak sections of Dalits in our country. These marginalized amongst the marginalized communities, have not been studied due to lack of numbers, backward status or variety of other reasons. No systematic study has been done on this neglected community.

    This book highlights the centrality of Doms, their legendary status, their colonial status, their structural and their cultural profile." (jacket)

Return to Books on Dalits and Scheduled Castes