1st Edition

Dalit Counter-publics and the Classroom A Sharmila Rege Reader

Edited By V. Geetha, Uma Chakravarti Copyright 2024
218 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

218 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

218 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This book is an anthology of the collected essays of Sharmila Rege (1964 – 2013) that addresses themes to do with pedagogy and culture. Rege makes a compelling argument for rethinking the content of sociological knowledge and invokes in this context, Anticaste radical philosophies, associated with Mahatma Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar as well as the writings of Dalit women. Equally, she seeks to... Read more

Biography

V. Geetha is a feminist historian, publisher, translator and writer, who has been active in the women’s movement.

Uma Chakravarti is a feminist historian and film-maker. For several years she taught History at Miranda House.