01633nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200220009110000280011324500570014126000390019830000270023736500560026452009520032065000220127265000210129465000340131570000290134970000250137820251208094922.0220906b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9788125053446  cAL  aeng  223a820.409bSINT  aSankar Prasad Singha Ed  aTowards social change b: essays on dalit literature  aHyderabadbOrient Blackswan c2014  aviii,189pbHBc22x14cm  2Englisha3496b761.00c₹d950.00e22%f11-08-2022  aDalit writings have a sense of defiance, identity and revolt. The struggles that Dalit writers have had to go through provide them with intellectual clarity and self-confidence.
The essays in this collection discuss themes from various regions.
A piece on the dilemmas that a translator faces delves into the problems and politics of representation of the subaltern in an Amitav Ghosh novel.
Another chapter makes a comparative study of Dalit and Holocaust (Nazi Germany) literatures which share experiences of subjugation, suffering and torture.
An analysis of Narendra Jadhav s memoir Outcaste that travels from bitter memories to better dreams across three generations finds Dalits attaining recognition and success against dreadful odds. A look at some Bengali Dalit poems shows how revolutionary anger is channelled to achieve an aesthetic effect. The creation of a forum for marginalised women writers in Andhra Pradesh is vividly described.  aClassical Realism  aDalits of Bengal  aDalit Poetry Past and Present  aSingha, Sankar Prasad Ed  aAcharya, Indranil Ed