Literature and Social Change

ABOUT THE BOOK:- The Dalit Discourse, in India have occupied significant place in the discipline of literature as well as in the discourse of social sciences. Like any other socially active discourse, this is also dynamic and keeps engaging with newer ideas and themes. The literary expression of political consciousness, and movements among or for the Dalits across India is the new emerging trend. This trend has served enormously to the cause and widened its constituency. The present book explores relationship between politics and literature with a critical analysis of texts from the Hindi literature both by Dalits and non- Dalits. It underlines not only the major issues and concerns of the literature, but also to demonstrate that political consciousness is also expressed through many more innovative and creative methods like art and literature. This book also claims to be a provocative and thoughtful account of the debates among Dalit writers on how Dalit literature should be approached. About The Author:- Parmod Kumar is presently Assistant Professor in the Faculty of English at Indira Gandhi National Open University. He has done his doctoral research on the domestication and insurrection of marginalised voices in Indian English Literature. He also edits an e-journal Sangharsh which puts to center all academic and social issues related with Dalit Discourse. He has been a proud recipient of Australia India Council Fellowship and has worked extensively on the perspectives in indigeneity in India and Australia. Contents:- Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors 1. Fictionalising Social Change: Violence and Non-violence in the Imaginary of Collective Transformation in Some Hindi Dalit Novels Heinz Werner Wessler 2. Dalit Historiography: Poetry of Basudev Sunani Saroj Mahananda 3. Construction of Dalit Identity: The Alternative Socio-Cultural Movements in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh Bolleddu Siva Nagaiah 4. The Plight of Dalit Women in Contemporary Indian Society Siddaramu, B. 5. Exploring Marginalised Men and Women in Hindi Cinema Shamali Gupta Bose 6. Dalit Woman and the Necessity of a Dalit Feminist Aesthetic Tradition Runa Chakraborty 7. Gujarati Dalit Writings: A Literature of Marginalised M.B. Gaijan 9 11 15 17 45 57 65 75 83 95 8 Literature and Social Change 8. Plural Resistances in Dalit Autobiographies Kanchan Verma 9. Marginalising of the Tribals: Literature as Resistance Mahasveta Devi and Dinesh Misra 10. Mapping the Self, Mapping Dalithood: Namdeo Dhasal–Poet and Panther Kalyanee Rajan 11. Reading Resistance in Dalit Women’s Autobiographies Putul Sathe 12. Dalit Voices and Problem of Communication N.V. Sangvikar 13. Dalit Representation and Reality: A Literary Perspective Parmod Kumar 14. Margins of Print: Dalit in Nation, Region and Print Culture Ranjith Thankappan Index 107 143 149 169 179 187 215 The Title 'Literature and Social Change written/authored/edited by Parmod Kumar Mehra', published in the year 2014. The ISBN 9789351280880 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 232 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Literature . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-