Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 151 g
Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 151 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-945041-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
Karukku broke barriers of tradition in more ways than one. The first autobiography by a Dalit woman writer and a classic of subaltern writing, it is a bold and poignant tale of life outside mainstream Indian thought and function. Revolving around the main theme of caste oppression within the Catholic Church, it portrays the tension between the self and the community, and presents Bama's life as a process of self-reflection and recovery from social and institutional betrayal.
The English translation, first published in 2000 and recognized as a new alphabet of experience, pushed Dalit writing into high relief. This second edition includes a Postscript in which Bama relives the dramatic movement of her leave-taking from her chosen vocation and a special note 'Ten Years Later'.