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Ad Dharam
Ad Dharmis
Adi Granth
Author_Paul Ghuman
bilingualism and acculturation
caste and education in Britain
Caste Bullying
Caste Discrimination
caste discrimination UK
Caste Divisions
Caste Prejudice
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dalit
Dalit Communities
Dalit Families
Dalit Women
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Dr Ambedkar
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Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Ravidas
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High Caste People
Inter-caste Marriages
Jat People
Jat Sikh
kanshi
Kanshi Ram
Life Style
Mangoo Ram
minority student experiences
people
qualitative educational research
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Scheduled Castes
Sikh Gurus
social identity formation
South Asian diaspora studies
Valmiki Community
Valmiki Temple
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Product details
- ISBN 9780754648772
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jun 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Dalits, formerly called 'untouchables', remain the most oppressed community in India, and indeed in South Asia and have, until recently, been denied human and civic rights. On emigration to the UK and other Western countries they faced a double disadvantage: caste discrimination and racial discrimination from 'white' society. However, in the late 1990s, second-generation Dalit professionals challenged their caste status and Brahmanism in the West and in South Asia. This work provides a major study on the issues facing the education of Dalit children and young people growing up in Britain. The book is based on extensive fieldwork and uses a qualitative research methodology, including in-depth interviews with parents, teachers and children, and detailed observations in homes, schools and places of worship e.g. gurdwaras. It offers a detailed view of areas such as socialisation of children, schooling and education, examination success, parental perceptions of education, bilingualism, acculturation patterns, cultural conflicts and caste and social identities. Central to this work, too, is a thorough introduction to the religious concepts that underpin the notion of 'untouchability' in Hinduism. This is a significant contribution to this under-researched community by a scholar who is one of the leading authorities on the education of South Asian children in Britain.
Paul Ghuman is Emeritus Professor and former Head of Education at Aberystwyth University. In 2003 he was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and is an Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick. He has published extensively on issues of cognitive development, bilingualism, biculturalism and is recognised as one of Britain's leading authorities on the intellectual development, educational attainment, and ethnic identity of the UK-born Asian population.
