the rhetorical imagination of Hindi Dalit literature /
Laura R. Brueck
xii, 218 pages ;
24 cm
South Asia across the disciplines
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index
Introduction -- Mapping the Hindi Dalit literary sphere -- The Hindi Dalit counterpublic -- The problem of Premchand -- Hindi Dalit literary criticism -- Reading Hindi Dalit literature. Good Dalits and bad brahmins -- Dialect and dialogue in the margins -- Alienation and loss in the Dalit experience of modernity -- Re-scripting rape -- Conclusion
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Writing Resistance is the first close study of the growing body of contemporary Hindi-language Dalit (low caste) literature in India. The Dalit literary movement has had an immense sociopolitical and literary impact on various Indian linguistic regions, yet few scholars have attempted to situate the form within contemporary critical frameworks. Laura R. Brueck's approach goes beyond recognizing and celebrating the subaltern speaking, emphasizing the sociopolitical perspectives and literary strategies of a range of contemporary Dalit writers working in Hindi
Dalits in literature
Hindi literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism
Hindi literature-- Dalit authors-- History and criticism