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Adivasi Text as an Assertion and a Lament: A Feminist Perspective and a Critique of Religious Conversion and Reservations 作为断言和哀歌的阿迪瓦西文字：女性主义视角以及对宗教皈依和保留的批判

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241233361

Mohan Dharavath, Neetha Rani

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Book review: Scott R. Stroud, The Evolution of Pragmatism in India: An Intellectual Biography of B. R. Ambedkar 书评：Scott R. Stroud，《印度实用主义的演变》：B. R. Ambedkar 的思想传记

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241247646

Shivani Waldekar

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Dalit Women’s Subsistence: Covert and Overt Marginalization in the COVID-19 Pandemic Times of India 达利特妇女的生计：印度 COVID-19 大流行时期的隐性和显性边缘化

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-05-11 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x231198730

Aarthimeena S, M. Subbulakshmi

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Continuity and Change of Folklore among Irulas of Kerala: Discourse Analysis of Tribal Folk Songs from the South Indian State of India 喀拉拉邦伊鲁拉人民俗的延续与变迁：印度南印度邦部落民歌的话语分析

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x231223050

Sreehari K R, E. Kasi

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Gendering Inter-caste Marriages: A Sociological and Anthropological Inquiry of Endogamy 种姓间婚姻的性别化：内婚的社会学和人类学研究

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-01-18 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x231207501

Sargam Sanil

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Book review: Sonya Surabhi Gupta (Editor), Subalternities in India and Latin America: Dalit Autobiographies and the Testimonio 书评：Sonya Surabhi Gupta（编辑），《印度和拉丁美洲的次等民族》：达利特人的自传和证词

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-01-18 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x231221866

Sanjoy Jana

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The Political Economy Puzzle of Indian Agriculture: A Political Settlement Analysis 印度农业的政治经济之谜：政治解决分析

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x231221869

Hritic Gautam

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The Other Family: Mapping Intersectionality and Female Manual Scavengers 另一个家庭绘制交叉性和女性手工拾荒者的地图

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x231220160

Sreeparna Das

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