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The volume is a contribution to study of Dalit literature, analysing it as a voice of subversion—the voice of an oppressed section of the population. It explores the writings of Mulk Raj Anand, K. S. Maniam, Namdeo Dhasal, and a range of Dalit feminist literature and Dalit Gujarati poetry to throw light on the plight of the downtrodden in society and articulation of their atrocities by the Dalits. The book contains an interview with the Dalit writer Jai ...
A book on women's writing across the boundaries of nation/class/caste, this collection seeks to read women as women cutting across all theories of feminism. Quite in keeping with Denise Riley's handling of the problematic of being known as a woman the essays in this collection comment on women's writing beyond all caveats. Connoisseurs of literature researchers in the field of Indian literatures post colonial literatures, gender and sexuality studies and women's ...
The book seeks to present a feminist critique of Nayantara Sahgal’s fiction. Feminism for ‘all its various concerns is predominantly a school of thought, which focuses on women-existence. Women’s multifarious personality makes it imperative that feminism take into account various aspects of the issue. Though Nayantara Sahgal has been hailed chiefly as a political novelist, her feminist concern is quite overt and her fighter spirit quite vocal in her ...