Dalit Writings: An Introduction

Binding: Perfect Paperback

Number Of Pages: 400

Release Date: 31-07-2024

Details: Dalit Writings: An Introduction is the first volume of the Critical Intervention Series that offers an introduction to Dalit writings in seven languages, traversing multiple genres. It presents the readers with a sample of Marathi, Tamil, Hindi, Odia, Urdu, Bengali Dalit texts in English translation and Dalit poetry written in English. In addition to this, the book includes essays offering an overview of Dalit literature in the above languages and a critical engagement with a few of the canonical Dalit texts. The essays offer a historical and sociological perspective on Dalit literary traditions, insightful critical analysis and possible methodological tools to study Dalit literary discourse. Some of these essays are complemented by interviews with writers sharing their activist interventions in the anti- caste movements and how they impacted literary trajectories in their respective regions/languages. This book would be of interest to young scholars and help them locate Dalit writings within the context of critical traditions, political contexts and anti-caste movements that have made possible the self-articulation by Dalits in the literary domain. It maps the influence of Ambedkar and his critique of the caste structure in the shaping of a subversive pan-Indian literary tradition. The call for an egalitarian society evident in Dalit literary discourse is posited as a transformative social sub-text that has left an indelible impact on Indian literatures and contemporary society at large.

EAN: 9788197662416

Package Dimensions: 9.8 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English