Dalits and the making of modern India / Chinnaiah Jangam.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017.Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 247 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780199477777
- 0199477779
- 305.56880954 23 JAN
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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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