@incollection{fdi:010084074, title = {{R}esisting the destruction of social reproduction : dalit women's struggle in south {I}ndia}, author = {{G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle and {K}umar, {S}. and {V}enkatasubramanian, {G}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his chapter is about a women-led struggle against a particular form of destruction of social reproduction. {F}or more than three decades, {D}alit rural women, most of them landless, fought to maintain the possibility of making their livelihood, and more broadly sustaining life, on their own territory. {W}e describe how a common identity around the preservation of their livelihood on their territory and more broadly on the will to fight has emerged. {W}e analyse the embeddedness of the struggle into caste, class, gender, space and time. {W}e analyse the multiple ways through which women have slowly constructed themselves as political subjects, and the key role of emotions in this. {W}e also analyse the contradictions of the {S}tate, both main supporter and main opponent of women's struggles.}, keywords = {{INDE} ; {TAMIL} {NADU}}, booktitle = {{S}ocial reproduction, solidarity economy, feminisms and democracy : {L}atin {A}merica and {I}ndia}, numero = {}, pages = {87--117}, address = {{C}ham}, publisher = {{P}algrave {M}acmillan - {S}pringer}, series = {{G}ender, {D}evelopment and {S}ocial {C}hange}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.1007/978-3-030-71531-1_5}, ISBN = {978-3-030-71530-4}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084074}, }