Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 428 g
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 428 g
Reihe: South Asia Across the Disciplines
ISBN: 978-0-231-16604-1
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Brueck explores several essential questions: what makes Dalit literature Dalit? What makes it good? Why is this genre important, and where does it oppose or intersect with other bodies of Indian literature? She follows the debate among Dalit writers as they establish a specifically Dalit literary critical approach, underscoring the significance of the Dalit literary sphere as a "counterpublic" generating contemporary Dalit social and political identities. Brueck then performs close readings of contemporary Hindi Dalit literary prose narratives, focusing on the aesthetic and stylistic strategies deployed by writers whose class, gender, and geographic backgrounds shape their distinct voices. By reading Dalit literature as literature, this study unravels the complexities of its sociopolitical and identity-based origins.
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AcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroductionPart 1. Mapping the Hindi Dalit Literary Sphere1. The Hindi Dalit Counterpublic2. The Problem of Premchand3. Hindi Dalit Literary CriticismPart 2. Reading Hindi Dalit Literature4. Good Dalits and Bad Brahmins5. Dialect and Dialogue in the Margins6. Alienation and Loss in the Dalit Experience of Modernity7. Re-scripting RapeConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex