1st Edition
Hindi Dalit Literature and the Politics of Representation
By Sarah Beth Hunt
Copyright 2014
272 Pages
by
Routledge India
272 Pages
by
Routledge India
272 Pages
by
Routledge India
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Sarah Beth Hunt is an independent scholar of South Asian and postcolonial literature, based in England.
