To Be Cared For : The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum (9780520288829)

To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity, as well as Indian nationalist narratives of Christianity as a "foreign" ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, conversion integrates the slum community-Christians and Hindus alike-by addressing hidden moral fault lines that subtly pit residents against one another in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own land."

Product details

• Format Paperback | 312 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 20mm | 454g
• Publication date 24 Jun 2016
• Publisher University of California Press
• Publication City/Country Berkerley, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 14 b-w halftones, 1 line art
• ISBN10 0520288823
• ISBN13 9780520288829
• Bestsellers rank 1,361,479

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