Writing Resistance: The Rhetorical Imagination of Hindi Dalit Literature (South Asia Across the Disciplines)

Synopsis

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.Brueck explores several essential questions: what makes Dalit literature Dalit? What makes it good? Why is this genre important, and where does it oppose or intersect with other bodies of Indian literature? She follows the debate among Dalit writers as they establish a specifically Dalit literary critical approach, underscoring the significance of the Dalit literary sphere as a "counterpublic" generating contemporary Dalit social and political identities. Brueck then performs close readings of contemporary Hindi Dalit literary prose narratives, focusing on the aesthetic and stylistic strategies deployed by writers whose class, gender, and geographic backgrounds shape their distinct voices. By reading Dalit literature as literature, this study unravels the complexities of its sociopolitical and identity-based origins.

Copyright:

2014

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Publisher Quality

Book Size:

288 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780231537568

Related ISBNs:

9780231166041

Publisher:

Columbia University Press

Date of Addition:

11/05/20

Copyrighted By:

Columbia University Press

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No

Language:

English

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Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Business and Finance, Language Arts, Politics and Government

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