This book breaks new ground in the study of Dalit Literature, including in its corpus, a range of genres such as novels, autobiographies, pamphlets, poetry, sho

Writing Resistance is the first close study of the growing body of contemporary Hindi-language Dalit (low caste) literature in India. The Dalit literary movemen

Presenting the different phases of Dalit writing from the late nineteenth century to the present in Tamil Nadu, this anthology represents the work of 42 writers

This study explores how Dalits in north India have used literature as a means of protest against caste oppression. Including fresh ethnographic research and int

This book provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the status of Dalits in contemporary India. It delineates their economic and social status and charts