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_a305.5688 _bDAL |
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245 | _aDalit assertion in society, literature and history | ||
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_aHyderabad _bOrient Blackswan _c2010 |
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300 | _a320 p | ||
520 | _aThe essays in this volume provide an incisive analysis of the identity of the Dalits in history , literature and society. They focus on Dalit assertion and agency in postcolonial India, their quest to break free from poverty and social exclusion after centuries of oppression, and also the dynamics of a pervasive caste system which is inimical to the growth of a collective consciousness among the backward classes. | ||
650 |
_aIndia _acaste _adalits _adalits in literature |
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700 | _aImtiaz Ahmad | ||
700 | _aShashi Bhushan Upadhyay | ||
942 | _cBK | ||
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