Essays about: "caste system"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the words caste system.

  1. 16. From Slavery to Dignity : How critical thinking and empowerment among Dalit women working with manual scavenging is implemented

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it

    Author : Jenny Schauman; [2012]
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    Abstract : This bachelor thesis is a result of a 9 week Minor Field Study that was performed in Madhya Pradesh, India in spring 2012. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the Garima Abhiyan (Campaign for dignity) rhetorically implements critical thinking and empowerment among Dalit women working with manual scavenging. READ MORE

  3. 17. DECENTRALISATION EQUALS PARTICIPATION? A CASE STUDY OF VILLAGE RESIDENTS´ CAPABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DRINKING WATER IN MAHOBA DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Oscar Molin; [2012]
    Keywords : Participation; decentralisation; water management; drinking water; Bundelkhand; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examined to what extent the decentralised drinking water management system in Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh, India, is participatory. The central questions focused on how participation is taking place, what socio-political factors affect participation, and how the community members explain their capability to participate. READ MORE

  4. 18. Arundhati Roy : Reclaiming Voices on the Margin in The God of Small Things

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Angelika Olsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Arundhati Roy; The God of Small Things; subaltern; postcolonial feminism; Third World women; Spivak; Can the Subaltern Speak; marginalization; Bhubaneswari; Kerala;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to critically consider Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things from a postcolonial feminist perspective, with a special focus on how she models different representations of women, taking as a background the discussions within postcolonial feminism about subalternity and the representations of women from the so-called Third World in theory and literature, as well as the concept of agency from Cultural Studies. This purpose is reached by studying and comparing three main female characters in the novel: Mammachi, Baby Kochamma and Ammu, centering on their different ways of relating to the male hero of the novel, Velutha, an Untouchable in the lingering caste system of India. READ MORE

  5. 19. Dragonlord Campaign Setting

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Clas Olson; [2008]
    Keywords : Role Playing Games; Dungeons and Dragons; D D; dragon; fantasy;

    Abstract : Dragonlord Campaign Setting, which is a book of 250 pages, is an accessory to the role playing game Dungeons and Dragons, published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. It describes the game world Saviat that largely is like an ordinary fantasy world, with its fantastic elves and dwarfs, its magic, and supernatural monsters and events. READ MORE