1st Edition
Redefining Postcolonial Theory through Dalit and Adivasi Literature Centring Marginalized Voices
Chapter One: Introduction: Grounding Dalit and Adivasi Literary Perspectives
Chater Two: Recasting the Nation and Re-Claiming Dalit Women’s Identity in Bama’s Sangati
Chapter Three: Ambedkarite Theatre as a Tool of Liberation in Sharankumar Limbale’s Hindu
Chapter Four: Adivasis at the Crossroads: The Rhetoric of “Antinationalism” and Subaltern Subjectivity in The Adivasi Will Not Dance
Chapter Five: Naga Nationalism and the Question of Adivasi Autonomy in Temsula Ao’s These Hills Called Home
Conclusion
Biography
Khem Guragain is a Professor in the Faculty of English and Liberal Studies at Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada. He holds a PhD in English from York University, an MA in Literatures of Modernity from Toronto Metropolitan University, and an MA in English from Tribhuvan University. His research examines Dalit and Adivasi/Indigenous literatures and their interventions in nationalist discourse, demonstrating how these texts challenge elitist narratives and exceed the analytical frameworks of postcolonial and subaltern studies, which often overlook the centrality of caste and its structural injustices in South Asia. His broader research interests include Indigenous literatures, caste and subaltern studies, Critical Race Studies, Indian Ocean studies, and diaspora studies.
