The Unconquered People : The Liberation Journey of an Oppressed Caste (Record no. 970)
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| fixed length control field | 02306nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780199063543 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 305.51220954 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | O'Brien, John |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Unconquered People : The Liberation Journey of an Oppressed Caste |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Karachi |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year of publication | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv,337 Pages |
| Other physical details | 14x22 cm |
| -- | HB |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | This book is written by John O'Brien, he is lecturer in religious studies. The liberation-journey of its Christian minority is Pakistan's untold story. Degraded as outcastes by conquest and Brahmanic teaching, they were never fully accepted by either Islam or Sikhism. Many found in a creative adoption of Christian identity, the beginning of the emancipation and dignity they continue to struggle for. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Tables, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book explores the history and ethnography of the Chandala of classical literature, now known as Punjabi Christians. Mapping their history of conquest and religiously-endorsed degradation, it discusses their subversive counter-narrative through genealogies, wedding songs, litanies and epic poetry; with its defiant proclamation of identity. Rites of passage disclose an unreconstructed patriarchalism, where ritualized sexual joking is a form of equality creation. Eclecticism in their religious sensibilities, indicates how superficial adherence to the externals of major religions, was a survival tactic. Their hidden religion and exclusion from Hindu dharm, shows why they never saw themselves as 'Hindus.' It traces how one group, Mazhabi Sikhs, became a model of social mobility, how their economic world was transformed in the Chenab Canal Colonies and how a new identity began with the founding of Christian villages. It analyses their embracing of Christianity as a 'Tactics of Consumption,' noting the factors that contributed to a turn towards Catholicism. It observes their growing exclusion due to the Islamization of Pakistan. Cautioning against the suppression of the 'memory' of oppression, it argues that seeing themselves as a lineage of belief and praxis, can give meaning to their on-going historical struggle. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Christians--Social conditions |
| -- | Church history |
| -- | Pakistan |
| -- | India |
| -- | Pakistan -- Social conditions |
| -- | John O'Brien |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2016-11-22 | MSL | 305.51220954 B849U 2012 | 17973 | Books |