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Zusatztext Balanced and complete. The variety of perspectives and approaches, as well as the broad scope of subject matter, reflect the extremely high level of complexity of the issues surrounding caste, class, and power in the Indian subcontinent. Informationen zum Autor Manu Bhagavan is Associate Professor, Department of History, Hunter College and the Graduate Center-CUNY.Anne Feldhaus is Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Arizona State University Klappentext Together with its companion, Speaking Truth to Power, this volume explores various issues such as social hierarchy and reform, the role of religion, the idea of resistance, the functionality of the continued use of the term, "Dalit," and the scope of current and future Dalit literature. This book investigates a wide variety of issues related to the Dalit politics and literature. Using case studies from different regions and sectors, this volume investigates issues concerning Dalit politics and literature. Zusammenfassung Together with its companion, Speaking Truth to Power, this volume explores various issues such as social hierarchy and reform, the role of religion, the idea of resistance, the functionality of the continued use of the term, 'Dalit', and the scope of current and future Dalit literature. This book investigates a wide variety of issues related to the Dalit politics and literature. Using case studies from different regions and sectors, this volume investigates issues concerning Dalit politics and literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis . Introduction; 1.: Who is the Dalit? The Emergence of a New Political Subject by Anupama Rao; 2.: The Making of a Dalit Perspective: The 1940s and the Chamars of Uttar Pradesh by Ramnarayan S. Rawat; 3.: Multiple Identities of Backward-caste Muslims in India by Rajendra Vora; 4.: B.R. Ambedkar's Thought on Economic Development by Sukhadeo Thorat; 5.: Colonial Oppression of the Peasantry in the Bombay Presidency by Mani Kamerkar; 6.: Educating Artisans as Colonial Modernity: Industrial Education in Late Nineteenth-century Western India by Abigail McGowan; 7.: Bey Eka Bey, Bey Doni Char (Two times one is two, two times two is four): Dalit Women's Schooling by Shailaja Paik; 8.: Bodies in Pain: A People's History of 1971 by Yasmin Saikia; 9.: Cataracts of Silence: Race on the Edge of Indian Thought by Vijay Prashad; 10.: Mainstreaming Marginalized Voices: the Dalit Lekhak Sangh and the Negotiations over Hindi Dalit Literature by Laura R. Brueck; 11.: Representations of Dalit Women: Translating Urmila Pawar's Short Stories by Veena Deo; 12.: Namdeo Dhasal: The Maverick Dalit Poet who Changed Marathi Poetry by Dilip Chitre; 13.: The Paradoxes of Dalit Cultural Politics by Bali Sahota; 14.: Art of Pariahs by Meena Alexander; Appendix; Contributors ...
