Hindi Dalit Literature and the Politics of Representation.

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Author / Creator:	Hunt, Sarah Beth.
Imprint:	Routledge India, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Hindi literature -- Dalit authors -- History and criticism. Hindi literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Dalits in literature. Politics in literature. Dalits in literature Hindi literature Hindi literature -- Dalit authors Politics in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13912588

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ISBN:	1322032122 9781322032122 9781317559511 1317559517 9781317559528 1317559525 9781317559504 1317559509
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	This study explores how Dalits in north India have used literature as a means of protest against caste oppression. Including fresh ethnographic research and interviews, it traces the trajectory of modern Dalit writing in Hindi and its pivotal role in the creation, rise and reinforcement of a distinctive Dalit identity. The book challenges the existing impression of Hindi Dalit literature as stemming from the Dalit political assertion of the 1980s and as being chiefly imitative of the Marathi Dalit literature model. Arguing that Hindi Dalit literature has a much longer history in north India, i.
Other form:	Print version: 9781322032122

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