Dalit Literatures in India: With a new introduction - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138593273 ISBN 13: 9781138593275

Publisher: Routledge India, 2018

Synopsis

This book breaks new ground in the study of Dalit literature, including in its corpus a range of genres such as novels, autobiographies, pamphlets, poetry, short stories and graphic novels. With contributions from major scholars in the field, alongside budding ones, the book critically examines Dalit literary production and theory. It also initiates a dialogue between Dalit writing and Western literary theory.

This second edition includes a new Introduction which takes stock of developments since 2015. It discusses how Dalit writing has come to play a major role in asserting marginal identities in contemporary Indian politics while moving towards establishing a more radical voice of dissent and protest.

Lucid, accessible yet rigorous in its analysis, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of Dalit studies, social exclusion studies, Indian writing, literature and literary theory, politics, sociology, social anthropology and cultural studies.

About this title

About the Author

Joshil K. Abraham is Assistant Professor at G. B. Pant Govt. Engineering College, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha (GGSIP) University, New Delhi, India.

Judith Misrahi-Barak is Associate Professor at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France. She teaches in the English Department.

Review

"This collection of essays offers the reader a varied, nuanced, and engagé reflection on Dalit literature. It brings together contextualised, precise analyses of texts without ignoring the more general historical and political framework which is constitutive of this literature. Not only is it informative, but in some cases it brings readers to reflect on their own critical assumptions." - Alexis Tadié, Sorbonne Université, Etudes Anglaises

"With this eclectic collection of critical essays, written from a range of positions and raising a variety of issues, it is clear that Dalit literature has come of age." - Susie Tharu, Department of Cultural Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

"The collection includes 21 well-written scholarly essays and a very useful selective bibliography of primary and secondary sources (books, journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations) on Dalit literature. In their excellent introduction Abraham (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha Univ., India) and Misrahi-Barak (Université Paul-Valéry, France) deal with the history and progress of Dalit literature in India. The book is an excellent addition to world literature, and this reviewer looks forward to studies that examine the contributions of Dalits from all religions of India."  - R. N. Sharma, CHOICE

"This volume of essays is commendable because each essay widens out the field of inquiry in a centrifugal pattern. Each widening circle of analysis allows the reader to grasp the intersections of thought and pursue his/her own understanding of the larger questions." - Nilak Datta, IACLALS Journal, vol. 2

"One final, outstanding quality of this remarkable volume that warrants special attention is its potential as a research tool. Given the very recent nature of the discipline, the precise and thorough bibliographies that conclude each chapter provide precious references for researchers interested in these questions." - Lissa Lincoln, The American University of Paris, Postcolonial Studies Association

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge India
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1138593273
• ISBN 13: 9781138593275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Abraham Joshil K., Misrahi-Barak Judith