Dalits and the making of modern India /

Jangam, Chinnaiah,

Dalits and the making of modern India / Chinnaiah Jangam. - First edition. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017. - xiii, 247 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-238) and index.

Part I. Dalits and the Colonial Conjuncture Part II. Making of the self and political identify Part III. Dalit Imagination: An Egalitarian Ethic


"The story of anti-colonial nationalism in India as told in mainstream literary and historical writings presents privileged caste Hindus as heroes and founders. Dalits have mostly been viewed as passive subjects. This book inverts the dominant nationalist narrative and brings to the fore the unacknowledged contributions of Dalits towards the collective imagination of [the] nation of India. By using colonial

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Dalits
Nationalism
Equality--Political activity--India.--India.--India.

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