The empire of disgust : prejudice, discrimination, and policy in India and the US /
The empire of disgust : prejudice, discrimination, and policy in India and the US /
edited by Zoya Hasan, Aziz Z. Huq, Martha C. Nussbaum, Vidhu Verma.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource.
- Oxford scholarship online .
- Oxford scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2018. Includes index.
All known societies exclude and stigmatize one or more minority groups. Frequently these exclusions are underwritten with a rhetoric of disgust: people of a certain group, it is alleged, are filthy, hyper-animal, or not fit to share such facilities as drinking water, food, and public swimming pools with the `clean' and `fully human' majority. But exclusions vary in their scope and also in the specific disgust-ideologies underlying them. In this volume, interdisciplinary scholars from the United States and India present a detailed comparative study of the varieties of prejudice and stigma that pervade contemporary social and political life: prejudice along the axes of caste, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, transgender, disability, religion, and economic class.
Specialized.
9780199093779 (ebook) : No price
Discrimination--India.
Discrimination--United States.
Minorities--Social conditions.--India
Minorities--Social conditions.--United States
Aversion--India.
Aversion--United States.
HN690.Z4
305.0954
Previously issued in print: 2018. Includes index.
All known societies exclude and stigmatize one or more minority groups. Frequently these exclusions are underwritten with a rhetoric of disgust: people of a certain group, it is alleged, are filthy, hyper-animal, or not fit to share such facilities as drinking water, food, and public swimming pools with the `clean' and `fully human' majority. But exclusions vary in their scope and also in the specific disgust-ideologies underlying them. In this volume, interdisciplinary scholars from the United States and India present a detailed comparative study of the varieties of prejudice and stigma that pervade contemporary social and political life: prejudice along the axes of caste, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, transgender, disability, religion, and economic class.
Specialized.
9780199093779 (ebook) : No price
Discrimination--India.
Discrimination--United States.
Minorities--Social conditions.--India
Minorities--Social conditions.--United States
Aversion--India.
Aversion--United States.
HN690.Z4
305.0954