Raphaël Gutmann: The Mayawati Paradox: Identity Manipulation and Indian Normality
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2009.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : Kumari Mayawati, a Dalit (“Untouchable”) woman embodies her caste’s emancipation: the leader of the BSP Party, she also heads Uttar Pradesh. She is both revered for her courage and criticized for her megalomania, her authoritarianism, and even her venality. Despite her party’s relative failure at the latest general elections, she will no doubt play a part in the radical changes Indian society is undergoing, as well as in the gradual emancipation of the outcast groups.
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Kumari Mayawati, a Dalit (“Untouchable”) woman embodies her caste’s emancipation: the leader of the BSP Party, she also heads Uttar Pradesh. She is both revered for her courage and criticized for her megalomania, her authoritarianism, and even her venality. Despite her party’s relative failure at the latest general elections, she will no doubt play a part in the radical changes Indian society is undergoing, as well as in the gradual emancipation of the outcast groups.
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