Kumar, Raj

Dalit personal narratives: reading caste, nation and identity/ Raj Kumar. - New Delhi : Orient BlackSwan, 2010. - x, 298 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-288) and index.

1. Autobiographical Practices: Examples from the West -- 2. The Public Self: Indian Upper Caste Men's Autobiographies -- 3. The Private Self: Indian Upper Caste Women's Autobiographies -- 4. Caste, Culture and Politics: Towards a Definition of Dalit Autobiography -- 5. The Marginal Self: Dalit Men's Autobiographies -- 6. Beyond the Margin: Dalit Women's Autobiographies

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Indic prose literature--History and criticism.
Indic prose literature--Dalit authors--Biography.
Autobiography--Dalit authors--History and criticism.
Dalits--Biography--History and criticism.--India

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