000 00836nam a2200157 4500
020 _a9788125040545
082 _a305.5688
_bDAL
245 _aDalit assertion in society, literature and history
260 _aHyderabad
_bOrient Blackswan
_c2010
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
700 _aImtiaz Ahmad
700 _aShashi Bhushan Upadhyay
942 _cBK
999 _c60412
_d60412