This book looks at Dalits in the city and examines the nature of Dalit aspirations as well as the making of an urban sensibility through an analysis of hitherto unexamined short stories of the some of the first and second generation as well as contemporary Dalit writers in Hindi.
This book looks at Dalits in the city and examines the nature of Dalit aspirations as well as the making of an urban sensibility through an analysis of hitherto unexamined short stories of the some of the first and second generation as well as contemporary Dalit writers in Hindi.
Deeba Zafir teaches in the Department of English, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi. She has published critical essays and reviewed works of Urdu and Hindi literature. She has also translated essays on literary criticism, fiction, and poetry from Urdu and Hindi into English. Her most recent translation is the autobiography of the well-known Hindi Dalit writer, Sheoraj Singh Bechain's My Childhood on My Shoulders, co-translated with Tapan Basu (2018). Her other research interests include Partition, Dalit, and Disability Studies.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements vi Introduction: Of Nightmare and Dream 1 1 Early Footprints: Dalit Short Fiction in Hindi 8 2 Dalits in the City 27 3 The Shrill and the Subtle: Contesting Voices in the Hindi Dalit Literary Sphere 51 4 Rebels Within and Without: The Hindi Dalit Woman Writer 80 Conclusion: "It's Not Morning Yet" 115 Bibliography 123 Index 127
Acknowledgements vi Introduction: Of Nightmare and Dream 1 1 Early Footprints: Dalit Short Fiction in Hindi 8 2 Dalits in the City 27 3 The Shrill and the Subtle: Contesting Voices in the Hindi Dalit Literary Sphere 51 4 Rebels Within and Without: The Hindi Dalit Woman Writer 80 Conclusion: "It's Not Morning Yet" 115 Bibliography 123 Index 127
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