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000125353 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6083-6235$$aCherechés, Bianca$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000125353 245__ $$aFrom Bama’s Karukku ([1992] 2014) to Yashica Dutt’s coming out as dalit: a memoir (2019): the changing nature of dalit feminist consciousness
000125353 260__ $$c2023
000125353 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000125353 5203_ $$aDalit literature articulates the oppression and exploitation faced by Dalits in a caste-ridden society as it records their social and cultural lives before and after India’s independence. This cultural revolt that burgeoned in the 1970s has largely been Dalit male-centric in its orientation, adopting paternalistic and patronising tones towards Dalit women. As a consequence, Dalit women remained firmly encapsulated in the patriarchal roles of the silent, agenciless and ‘victimised sexual being,’ perpetuating thus gendered stereotypes. These accounts failed to properly address Dalit women’s predicament and the interlocking oppression of caste and gender, which compelled them to create a distinct space for themselves. Dalit women have traversed a long path over the last four decades. During this time, their consciousness has evolved in many ways as reflected in Dalit writing. Life narratives, such as Bama’s Karukku and Yashica Dutt’s Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir, function as the locus of enunciation where agency and self-identity are attended and asserted by Dalit women, through different approaches. As the social location determines the perception of reality, this paper attempts a look at how these two texts tackle and bring to the centre the gendered nature of caste and the power relations that still affect Dalit women, from a heterogeneous standpoint. It further analyses how through form, language and subject matter, Dalit women attempt to defy generic conventions, depart from imposed identities, and build up resistance against this enduring double oppression and the forces that insist on homogenising Dalit body politics.
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000125353 593__ $$aLiterature and Literary Theory$$c2023$$dQ1
000125353 593__ $$aCultural Studies$$c2023$$dQ2
000125353 593__ $$aLinguistics and Language$$c2023$$dQ2
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000125353 7102_ $$13004$$2345$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema.$$cÁrea Filología Inglesa
000125353 773__ $$g38 (2023), 7-22$$pRev. alicant. estud. ingl.$$tRevista alicantina de estudios ingleses$$x0214-4808
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