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Writing Caste/Writing Gender: Narrating Dalit Women's TestimoniosSharmila Rege 300 pp hb USD 10 ISBN 8189013017 All Rights Available  Add To Cart
The last decade saw the emergence and assertion of separate Dalitbahajun women’s organizations both at the national and regional levels. Excluded from political and cultural spheres, Dalit women’s movements have sought to transform both Dalit and feminist politics in India. They have fought against the reproduction of caste within modern spaces like universities, bureaucracies and within the women’s movement as well as women’s studies. The assumptions about caste identities being private and personal have been questioned and serious challenges posed for understanding caste and gender in contemporary India. Located within this context, this book brings together extracts from the work of Kumud Pawade, Urmila Pawar, Shantabai Kamble, Mukta Sarvagod, Shantabai Dani, Vimal More and Janabai Girhe. Sharmila Rege is a Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Pune. She has worked for several years with the Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune. She has written and published on sociology of gender, Dalit feminism and Dalitbahajun public culture in Maharashtra. Her present work concerns the documentation of music and print cultures of the Ambedkarite counterpublics in contemporary Maharashtra. Give your review [Top] |