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Caste, honour and gender violence in South Asia

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How caste, honour and patriarchy shape violence against women in South Asia, especially Dalit women: sexual violence as caste violence, dowry, witch-hunting and #MeToo.

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1. Dalit Women in India: At the Crossroads of Gender, Class, and Caste

   Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal, Wandana Sonalkar · 2015 · Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric

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2. Understanding sexual violence as a form of caste violence

   Prachi Patil · 2016 · Journal of Social Inclusion

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3. Afterword: Gendering Caste: Honor, Patriarchy and Violence

   Hugo Gorringe · 2018 · South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal

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4. Decomposing the gap in intimate partner violence between Scheduled Caste and General category women in India: An analysis of NFHS-5 data

   Sourav Chowdhury, Aditya Singh, Nuruzzaman Kasemi et al. · 2022 · SSM - Population Health

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5. Questions of honour: Dalit women activists and the rumour mill in Tamil Nadu

   Hugo Gorringe · 2016 · Contemporary South Asia

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6. Witch Hunting: A Form of violence against Dalit Women in India

   Tanvi Yadav · 2020 · CASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion

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7. Spotted Goddesses: Dalit Women’s Agency-narratives on Caste and Gender Violence

   Balmurli Natrajan · 2021 · CASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion

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8. The ‘Righteous Anger’ of the Powerless: Investigating Dalit Outrage over Caste Violence

   Nicolas Jaoul · 2008 · South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal

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9. ’Til Dowry Do Us Part: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Families

   Rossella Calvi, Ajinkya Keskar · 2023 · The Review of Economics and Statistics

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10. Gender, Caste and Subjectivity: Revisiting the #MeToo Movement in India

    Anandita Pan · 2023 · Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics

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