The South Asian Studies Initiative presents a book discussion on The Vulgarity of Caste: Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India with author Shailaja Paik.
Balmurli Natrajan, Professor of Anthropology at William Paterson University and author of Culturalization of Caste in India: Identity and Inequality in a Multicultural Age will be in conversation with Shailaja Paik, Professor of History, University of Cincinnati on her new book The Vulgarity of Caste: Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India published by Stanford University Press. Professor Madhumita Dutta (OSU Geography) will moderate the discussion.
The Vulgarity of Caste offers the first social and intellectual history of Dalit performance of Tamasha—a popular form of public, secular, traveling theater in Maharashtra. Drawing on ethnographies, films, and untapped archival materials, the book illuminates how Tamasha was produced and shaped through conflicts over caste, gender, sexuality and culture.
Sponsored by the South Asian Studies Initiative and the Departments of History, Geography, and NESA. This event is free and open to the public.