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T1 The Journey from Untouchable to Dalit: Pioneering Literary Landmarks and Dissident Dalit Voices of Contemporary India
A1 García Arroyo, Ana
K1 Untouchability
K1 Dalit identity
K1 Pioneering Dalit literature
K1 Gender-caste discrimination
K1 Intocabilidad
K1 Identidad Dalit
K1 Literatura pionera Dalit
K1 Discriminación de género-casta
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB This paper analyses the situation of Untouchable / Dalit people in Indiathrough intersecting literature and social realities. It focuses on the most relevant andpioneering literary works of colonial and postcolonial times and how these landmarksof fiction function as a mimetic expression of everyday life. Then, the main objective is1) to give an overview of the representation of untouchability and its evolution into theDalit consciousness within the interrelated contexts of literature and real life; and 2) todemonstrate that in much less than a century India has witnessed astonishing changesas far as the social stratification of caste-gender is concerned.
PB Editorial Universidad de Almería
SN 1578-3820
YR 2018
FD 2018-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8321
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8321
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 09-may-2024