Dalit Selfhood: Deciphering the Social Discourse in Dalit Autobiographies
Journal Title: Research Journal of Philosophy & Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
iterary texts always attempt to mirror and decipher the contemporary social codes and thereby literature is always used as a tool to understand the prevalent social miles. Dalit literature, likewise, raises voices of dissent against the hegemony of upper caste and yield space for the socially marginalized. Many Dalit writers have written their autobiographies outpouring the unrest which they suffer socially, politically and economically. Though written in literary structures, these texts can be discovered as social treaties formulated purposefully to fill the lawna of mainstream social - historiography. The present paper is a humble attempt to depict that literary autobiographies penned down by the Dalits not only paint the Dalit world faithfully and wholely but they are the authentic documents to understand the concepts of caste, class, oppression and religious apartheid in Indian social context as well. In order to support the issue, many Dalit personal narratives have been used as primary sources. Attempts have been made to understand the relationship between the individual self and the self of the Dalit community.
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