5/19/2023 0 Comments Gender and Caste by Anupama Rao![]() The 'voice' of dalit women is only now beginning to be heard, and we are being invited to listen to it attentively, with an ear to its nuances. It charges the relation between gender and caste in Indian society with an actuality in terms of linking a self-conceptualisation of their situation by dalit women with broader political concerns of democracy and representation. ![]() ![]() "The volume's five sections delve into personal and collective histories of struggle, while they also theorize social relationships of violence, exploitation and deprivation.forcing engagement with some of the defining contradictions of the present moment.scholarly reviews of testimonial and autobiographical writing complicate a straightforward presentation of "experience" and underscore the divergent ways of reading dalit women's writing.a collection of very high quality and significance." - Rachel Sturman, Economic & Political Weekly "The editor's choice of an on-going new political assertion by dalit women as the central focus for this book is one of its strengths. ![]()
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