Sharma, Bhushan and Kumar, Anurag
2019-06-30
<p>Dalit women have long occupied marginal positions and been excluded<br>
from two major Indian social movements: the Feminist Movement<br>
and the Dalit Movement. The researcher explores that how dalit women<br>
have made creative use of their marginality - their ‘outsider-within’<br>
status and represented their lived experience. The study consists of<br>
the scrutiny of select life narratives of dalit women writers: Bama’s<br>
Sangati-Events (2005), Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of My Life (2015), Baby<br>
Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke (2008) to discuss and explore the sociological<br>
significance of three characteristic themes in these narratives<br>
(1) the interlocking nature of dalit women’s oppression, (2) endurance<br>
and resilience, (3) role in transformation of community.<br>
Thus the perspectives of dalit women writers create new knowledge<br>
about their life, family and community. Their perspectives may well<br>
provide a preparatory point for the development of the Dalit Feminist<br>
Standpoint. This study may help other marginalized sections or sociologists<br>
by putting greater trust in the creative potential of their own<br>
narratives and cultural biographies.</p>
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3264962
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Postcolonial Interventions: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Postcolonial Studies (ISSN 2455 6564), Vol. IV, Issue 2, 157-186, (2019-06-30)
Caste, gender, intersectional oppressions, outsider-within status, substituted knowledge, standpoint.
Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Dalit Women's Life Narratives
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