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Hindi Dalit literature and the politics of representation / / Sarah Beth Hunt



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Autore: Hunt Sarah Beth Visualizza persona
Titolo: Hindi Dalit literature and the politics of representation / / Sarah Beth Hunt Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina: 891.4309920694
Soggetto topico: Hindi literature - Dalit authors - History and criticism
Hindi literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Dalits in literature
Politics in literature
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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, i
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ISBN: 1-315-73394-3
1-317-55952-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910458744003321
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