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Ahmad Imtiaz

Dalit assertion in society, literature and history - Hyderabad Orient Black Swan 2010 - 320p vii

Contents
Introduction;
PART A : DALITS AND SOCIETY;
1. Resolving Dalit Identity: Vankars, Chamars, Valmikis
Jyotsana Macwan and Suguna Ramnathan;
2. At the Intersection of Caste, Class and Patriarchy:
Exploring Dalit Women's Oppression
Padma Velaskar;
3. Social Democracy in Indian Villages:
The Experience of Dalits in Southern Tamil Nadu
A. Ramaiah;
4. The Category 'Rural' Revisited:
A Dalit Perspective from a Village in Maharashtra
Ritambhara Hebbar;
5. The Story of a Dalit Family from a Sleepy
North Bihar Village
Ashok Singh;
6. Caste System in India: Dr. Ambedkar's Perspective
P. G Jogdand;
PART B : DALITS AND LITERATURE;
7. Dalit Literature: A Perspective from Below
Rajkumar;
8. Feminist Consciousness in Dalit Literary Forms
Smita Patil;
9. Premchand and Dalit Literature:
Representation of Dalits in the Literature of Premchand
Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay;
PART C : DALITS IN HISTORY;
10. Rajwars in Revolt, 1857-58:
Saga of Heroism and Sacrifices of Little-known People
A. K. Biswas;
11. Caste and the Writing of History 218
Prathama Banerjee;
PART D : CASTES AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS;
12. Can there be a Category called Dalit Muslims? 243
Imtiaz Ahmad;
13. Islam and Caste Inequalities among Indian Muslims 259
Yoginder Sikand;
Contributors;
Index


ISBN: 9788125040545

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Assertion - Dalit - India

Dewey Class. No.: 305.56 AHM / AHM