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041 _aeng
082 _a305.568
_bRAJ
100 _aRaj Gauthaman
245 0 _aDark interiors
_c/ Gauthaman
_bessays on caste and dalit culture
260 _bSage Publications
_cc2021
_aNew Delhi
300 _a192 p. :
_c21 cm.
500 _aFirst Published 2021
504 _aindex
520 _a‘Except women and dalits, I do not think there is anyone discriminated at birth.’ These words give an idea of Raj Gauthaman’s succinct and provocative critique, translated into English for the first time by Theodore Baskaran. The essays engage with dalit liberation politics, the relationship of dalits with Tamil history and the many strands that constitute radical dalit culture. Gauthaman discusses dalit history and what the progress of non-brahmin politics in Tamil Nadu has meant for dalits. This analysis of the alternative cultural expressions of dalits, politics, art and literature comes from essays written in 1992–2002, which remain perennial and startlingly new.
650 _acaste; caste India ; Dalits Political activity
942 _cENGLISH
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