Ngapak Berdaya

Sociology of Health in a Dalit Community By:"K. M. Ziyauddin" Published on 2012 by Cambridge Scholars Pub The book elaborates on the aspects of Health conditions of the communities suffered for generations. The case is given for Hadi Caste and an occupational group as a special focus and Bauri Caste at certain point of reference. The book is primarily based on the fieldwork conducted as a part of M. Phil Programme in JNU. The experience of the researcher in the field adds as strength to the elaboration on morbidity and health perception of Dalits. The state of Jharkhand has been the age old land for the Hadis, one of the Schedule Castes list in the Census of India documents and they comprise special chunk of population. The occupation, customs, rituals, social interaction and many more aspects has been added in the book to enhance the generalization capability of the present work and that describe the socio-cultural and political interaction between health and life status of ...