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Hindi Dalit Literature and the Politics of Representation

Autor Sarah Beth Hunt
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 ian 2016
This study explores how Dalits in north India have used literature as a means of protest against caste oppression. Including fresh ethnographic research and interviews, it traces the trajectory of modern Dalit writing in Hindi and its pivotal role in the creation, rise and reinforcement of a distinctive Dalit identity.
The book challenges the existing impression of Hindi Dalit literature as stemming from the Dalit political assertion of the 1980s and as being chiefly imitative of the Marathi Dalit literature model. Arguing that Hindi Dalit literature has a much longer history in north India, it examines two differing strands that have taken root in Dalit expression — the early ‘popular’ production of smaller literary pamphlets and journals at the beginning of the 20th century and more contemporary modes such as autobiographies, short stories and literary criticism.
The author highlights the ways in which such various forms of literary works have supported the proliferation of an all-encompassing identity for the so-called ‘untouchable’ castes. She also underscores how these have contributed to their evolving political consciousness and consolidation of newer heterogeneous identities, making a departure from their long-perceived image. The work will be important for those in Dalit studies, subaltern history, Hindi literature, postcolonial studies, political science and sociology as well as the informed general reader.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138660229
ISBN-10: 1138660221
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Cuprins

Introduction 1. The Beginnings of Dalit Literature in Hindi: The Field of Dalit Pamphlets 2. Writing Dalit History 3. The Rise of the Autobiographic Field of Hindi Dalit Literature 4. Dalit Autobiography: Personal Pain as Political Assertion 5. The Meaning of Dalit Literature. Conclusion. Bibliography. About the Author. Index

Descriere

This study explores how Dalits in north India have used literature as a means of protest against caste oppression. It traces the trajectory of Dalit writing in Hindi from early 20th century through the contemporary period, viewing it as a movement that reinforces their complex identity.