K A Geetha
Biographic Data
| ID | 15315 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K A Geetha |
| GIVEN NAMES | K A |
| FAMILY NAME | Geetha |
| SIGNATURE | GEETHA K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4390-6027 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Housing the Unhomely: A Study of Srilankan Panchamar Fiction
The emergence of Tamil ethnic nationalism in Sri Lanka in the 1980s has brought about significant geopolitical and social changes in the island nation. The ethno-nationalist mobilizations by the Sinhalese and Tamils censored the caste system and considered it as a divisive force. Caste ceased to be a marker of identity in official documents. Nevertheless, Tamil society continued to be pivoted on caste norms and conventions. As a paradox, caste wa…
Memory as communication: An analysis of the reclamation of Panchami Lands
This essay analyzes the role of memory in the historical trajectory of the grant of Panchami lands to Tamil Dalits during the colonial period and its ramifications in contemporary times. Tamil Dalits, who identified themselves as Panchamars during the colonial period, were allotted and granted agricultural lands in the last decades of the nineteenth century. The grant was to empower the Panchamars economically and to enable them to delineate a di…
Societal Transformation Through Literature: A Study of Students' Response to Tamil Dalit Literature
As an arm of Dalit politics in India, Dalit literature becomes an effective tool to express the protest and anguish of Dalits against the domination of the Caste Hindus. Dalit literature as a genre was established in the 1960s and 1970s when a flurry of Dalit writing was published in Marathi and Gujarati. Nearly two decades later, Tamil Dalit writing marked its identity in the literary map of Tamil Nadu. Some of these works have been translated i…
Representation and resistance: Strategies in Bama'sKarukkuand Raj Gautaman'sSiluvai Raj Sarithiram
The social structure of caste in India has assigned Brahmins to the apex and Dalits to the bottom of the caste system and, importantly, has also attained religious sanction, since the sacred Vedic texts served to perpetuate such stratifications among Hindus. The social institutions of religion, law, politics, art and literature thus reflected the dominant ideology of the Caste Hindus. But, after centuries of suppression, Dalits are now finding th…
Representation and resistance: Strategies in Bama'sKarukkuand Raj Gautaman'sSiluvai Raj Sarithiram
The social structure of caste in India has assigned Brahmins to the apex and Dalits to the bottom of the caste system and, importantly, has also attained religious sanction, since the sacred Vedic texts served to perpetuate such stratifications among Hindus. The social institutions of religion, law, politics, art and literature thus reflected the dominant ideology of the Caste Hindus. But, after centuries of suppression, Dalits are now finding th…
Societal Transformation Through Literature: A Study of Students' Response to Tamil Dalit Literature
As an arm of Dalit politics in India, Dalit literature becomes an effective tool to express the protest and anguish of Dalits against the domination of the Caste Hindus. Dalit literature as a genre was established in the 1960s and 1970s when a flurry of Dalit writing was published in Marathi and Gujarati. Nearly two decades later, Tamil Dalit writing marked its identity in the literary map of Tamil Nadu. Some of these works have been translated i…
Representation and resistance: Strategies in Bama'sKarukkuand Raj Gautaman'sSiluvai Raj Sarithiram
The social structure of caste in India has assigned Brahmins to the apex and Dalits to the bottom of the caste system and, importantly, has also attained religious sanction, since the sacred Vedic texts served to perpetuate such stratifications among Hindus. The social institutions of religion, law, politics, art and literature thus reflected the dominant ideology of the Caste Hindus. But, after centuries of suppression, Dalits are now finding th…
Housing the Unhomely: A Study of Srilankan Panchamar Fiction
The emergence of Tamil ethnic nationalism in Sri Lanka in the 1980s has brought about significant geopolitical and social changes in the island nation. The ethno-nationalist mobilizations by the Sinhalese and Tamils censored the caste system and considered it as a divisive force. Caste ceased to be a marker of identity in official documents. Nevertheless, Tamil society continued to be pivoted on caste norms and conventions. As a paradox, caste wa…
Memory as communication: An analysis of the reclamation of Panchami Lands
This essay analyzes the role of memory in the historical trajectory of the grant of Panchami lands to Tamil Dalits during the colonial period and its ramifications in contemporary times. Tamil Dalits, who identified themselves as Panchamars during the colonial period, were allotted and granted agricultural lands in the last decades of the nineteenth century. The grant was to empower the Panchamars economically and to enable them to delineate a di…
Art (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Caste (3 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (3 works) · Tamil (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Gujarati (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works)