The gender of caste : representing Dalits in print /

The gender of caste : representing Dalits in print /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gupta, Charu, author.
Imprint:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016] ©2016
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 336 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Global South Asia Global South Asia.
Subject:	Dalit women -- India, North -- Public opinion. Dalit women -- India, North -- History -- Sources. Caste -- India, North. Sex role -- India, North. Public opinion -- India, North. Dalits in literature. Dalits -- India, North -- Social conditions. Caste. Dalit women. Dalits in literature. Dalits -- Social conditions. Public opinion. Sex role. Social conditions. India, North -- Social conditions. North India. Electronic books. History. Sources.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11406809

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ISBN:	9780295806563 0295806567 9780295995649 0295995645
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-320) and index. English. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 11, 2016).
Summary:	"Caste and gender are forms of social difference that typically have been addressed in isolation from each other: a presumptive maleness is present in most studies of Dalits, and a presumptive upper-casteness is present in many feminist studies of colonial India. The Gender of Caste enters new territory in its exploration of the gender of caste through representations of Dalits in print media in colonial north India. Among its subjects are images of Dalit women as victims and vamps, the construction of Dalit masculinities, religious conversion as an alternative to entrapment in the Hindu caste system, and the plight of indentured servants. An array of textual and pictorial material pertaining to Dalits is drawn from reformist, popular, and didactic literature; police reports; missionary records; and cartoons. The book shows how differentials of gender were critical in structuring patterns of domination and subordination. Through a gendered Dalit perspective, it historicizes axes of gender, caste, class, and community identities. Representations in print are used as a critical tool to examine depictions of Dalits by colonizers, nationalists, reformers, and Dalits themselves"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Gupta, Charu. Gender of caste. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016] 9780295995649 0295995645
Standard no.:	40025926464

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Summary:	Caste and gender are complex markers of difference that have traditionally been addressed in isolation from each other, with a presumptive maleness present in most studies of Dalits ("untouchables") and a presumptive upper-casteness in many feminist studies. In this study of the representations of Dalits in the print culture of colonial north India, Charu Gupta enters new territory by looking at images of Dalit women as both victims and vamps, the construction of Dalit masculinities, religious conversion as an alternative to entrapment in the Hindu caste system, and the plight of indentured labor. The Gender of Caste uses print as a critical tool to examine the depictions of Dalits by colonizers, nationalists, reformers, and Dalits themselves and shows how differentials of gender were critical in structuring patterns of domination and subordination.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 336 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-320) and index.
ISBN:	9780295806563 0295806567 9780295995649 0295995645