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Untouchable (Dynamite Entertainment)
Untouchable or The Untouchable may refer to: People * Untouchability, the practice of socially ostracizing a minority group of very low social status ** A word for the Dalit, Dalits or Scheduled Caste of India, a group that experiences untouchability * Nicolino Locche (1939–2005), Argentine boxer and light welterweight world champion nicknamed "The Untouchable" Films * ''Untouchable'', UK title of the French feature film ''The Intouchables'' (2011), written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, and starring François Cluzet and Omar Sy * Untouchable (2019 film), ''Untouchable'' (2019 film), a documentary about the film producer Harvey Weinstein Books * Untouchable (novel), ''Untouchable'' (novel), a 1935 novel by Mulk Raj Anand * The Untouchable (novel), ''The Untouchable'' (novel), a 1997 ''roman à clef'' by John Banville Music * Untouchable (band), a South Korean hip-hop duo Albums * Untouchable (Before Their Eyes album), ''Untouchable'' (Before Their Eyes al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untouchability
Untouchability is a form of social institution that legitimises and enforces practices that are discriminatory, humiliating, exclusionary and exploitative against people belonging to certain social groups. Although comparable forms of discrimination are found all over the world, untouchability involving the caste system is largely unique to South Asia. The term is most commonly associated with treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent who were considered "polluting". The term has also been used to refer to other groups, including the ''Burakumin'' of Japan, the Baekjeong of Korea, and the Ragyabpa of Tibet, as well as the Romani people and Cagot in Europe, and the Al-Akhdam in Yemen Traditionally, the groups characterized as untouchable were those whose occupations and habits of life involved ritually "polluting" activities, such as fishermen, manual scavengers, sweepers and washermen. According to the religious Hindu text, untouchables were not conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |