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This series, running into four volumes presents biographies of indigenous writers of India, covering all genres of literature. It offers not only personal data and list of publications of individual writers, but also a window into their culture and the various ways that each of them has used literature to preserve and promote their own languages and community identities. Volume one puts together biographies of 105 tribal writers of all the eight states of ...
This book addresses some important issues concerning the tribals in India. Presenting the meanings of freedom from the tribal perspective, it records their struggles for freedom, and highlights the emergence of consciousness in Adivasi writings. It further extends discussion on the problematic of tribal identity, the problem of language identity in tribal areas, the place of women in Adivasi culture and literature, and the problems of women-labourers in mining as ...