ABOUT THE BOOK:- Dalit Men's Autobiographies: A Critical Appraisal, an anthology of twenty-four research papers, is an unprecedented scholarly enterprise, by renowned literary scholars and dignitaries in the area of literature of marginality and subalternity in the context of the Indian subcontinent. Dalit Literature is one of the most controversial topics in contemporary India, revealing the socio-economic structure with respect to casteism and cultural contexts. Just like the sufferings of Dalit women which have been revealed through their autobiographies, Dalit men write about the discrimination, subjugation, suppression and inhibition directed against them in a society dominated by hegemony of caste and class. While Dalit women writers, through their autobiographies, have highlighted their suppressed selves inside their homes and in the society in several layers, being juggernaut in their voice of protest, Dalit male writers also explore patterns of caste-driven atrocities in their autobiographies unveili
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Imprint
Kalpaz Publications
Publication Year
2017
Table of Contents
CONTENTS:- Foreword 9 Introduction 19 Notes on the Contributors 35 1. Religious Conversion as Escapism from Social Discrimination–A Study of Laxman Mane’s Autobiography Upara: An Outsider 45 Professor D. Amalraj 2. Limbale’s The Outcaste: A Poignant Interrogation into the ‘Burden of Inferiority’ 59 Dr Manjeet Rathee 3. The Audible Sighs and Visible Dreams: A Discussion of Sharan Kumar Limbale’s Akkarmashi 73 Dr Sakunthala A.I. 4. Caste Hegemony or Love? A Line of Thought on Joothan: A Dalit’s Life 79 Dr D. Murali Manohar 5. Raising Voice against Caste Distinction and Untouchability: A Study of Narendra Jadhav’s Outcaste: A Memoir 87 Dr Archana Bhattacharjee 6. Exploitation of Leather-Workers in Balbir Madhopuri’s Changiya Rukh: Against the Night 95 Dr Sadhana Agrawal 7. Peeping into the Lives of Dalit Women and Children: A Rereading of Kancha Ilaiah’s Why I am Not a Hindu 103 Dr Narendra Kumar 8. When the Dumb Learn to Speak: (Re)-Reading Four Dalit Autobiographical Excerpts Recognising the ‘Alternative Narra
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Dr Bijender Singh (M.A., M.Phil. & Ph.D.) presently works as an English Lecturer and lives at Rohtak, Haryana. He has qualified UGC-NET, SET and HTET for lectureship and he has done Sanskrit Honours (Shastri), Art & Crafts Teacher Course and Multi-Purpose Health Worker (Male) Course. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Expression: An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal. He has written a few essays, some short-stories and many Hindi poems. His published books are Late Night Poetry, Confusing Poetry, Love: A Sweet Poison, Gender Discourse in Indian Writings in English, Indian Writing in English: Critical Insights, Indian Dalit Literature: Critical Ruminations, Critical Essays on Indian Diaspora, Indian Dalit Autobiographies: Marginalized Voices, Indian Women Novelists: Feminist Reverberations, Dalit Women's Autobiographies: A Critical Appraisal, Race and Ethnicity: African-American Literature, Female Protagonists in Shashi Deshpande's Novels and Dalit Men's Autobiographies: A Critical Appr
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19 mm
Height
216 mm
Length
140 mm
Weight
485 gr
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