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Sangati : Events by Lakshmi Holmström and Bama (2009, Uk-Trade Paper)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195698436

ISBN-139780195698435

eBay Product ID (ePID)71632204

Product Key Features

Book TitleSangati : events

Number of Pages152 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicGeneral

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction

AuthorLakshmi Holmström, Bama

FormatUk-Trade Paper

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight6 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal894.811371

SynopsisSangati is a startling insight into the lives of Dalit women who face the double disadvantage of caste and gender discrimination. Written in a colloquial style, the original Tamil version overturns the decorum and aesthetics of upper-caste, upper-class Tamil literature and culture and, in turn, projects a positive cultural identity for Dalits in general and for Dalit women in particular. Sangati flouts received notions about what a novel should be and has no plot in the normal sense. It relates the mindscape of a Dalit woman who steps out of her small town community, only to enter a caste-ridden and hierarchical society, which constantly questions her caste status. Realizing that leaving her community is no escape, she has to come to terms with her identity as an educated, economically independent woman who chooses to live alone. In relating this tale, Bama turns Sangati into the story not just of one individual, but of a pariah community. Marked by rich ethnographic detail, Sangati is a significant political and ideological contribution to Dalit writing in Tamil. With a critical introduction by Lakshmi Holmström, this book will appeal to readers interested in Indian writing in translation and to students and teachers of translation studies, the political and social history of modern India, and cultural studies., Sangati is a startling insight into the lives of Dalit women who face the double disadvantage of caste and gender discrimination. Written in a colloquial style, the original Tamil version overturns the decorum and aesthetics of upper-caste, upper-class Tamil literature and culture and, in turn, projects a positive cultural identity for Dalits in general and for Dalit women in particular. Sangati flouts received notions about what a novel should be and has no plot in the normal sense. It relates the mindscape of a Dalit woman who steps out of her small town community, only to enter a caste-ridden and hierarchical society, which constantly questions her caste status. Realizing that leaving her community is no escape, she has to come to terms with her identity as an educated, economically independent woman who chooses to live alone. In relating this tale, Bama turns Sangati into the story not just of one individual, but of a pariah community., A politically and ideologically-charged novel, Sangati creates a Dalit feminist perspective and explores the impact of discrimination - compounded, above all, by poverty - suffered by Dalit women. Marked by rich ethnographic detail, the novel is a significant contribution to Dalit writing in India.

LC Classification NumberPL4758.9.P25668