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Dalits and the making of modern India / Chinnaiah Jangam.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017.Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 247 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780199477777
  • 0199477779
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.56880954 23 JAN
Contents:
Part I. Dalits and the Colonial Conjuncture Part II. Making of the self and political identify Part III. Dalit Imagination: An Egalitarian Ethic
Summary: "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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305.5688 SIN Different Dimensions of Dalit Discourse / 305.5688 TAB Dalit women : 305.56880954 BIS Anecdotes of Dalit Life / 305.56880954 JAN Dalits and the making of modern India / 305.56880954 PRA Scheduled Castes In Rural India / 305.56880954 RAN Ambedkar on Law Constitution and Social Justice/ 305.56880954 YAD B.R. Ambedkar :

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

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

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