Sephora Jose
Biographic Data
| ID | 6566689 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sephora Jose |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sephora |
| FAMILY NAME | Jose |
| SIGNATURE | JOSE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2458-8027 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Livelihood as Anti-Caste Praxis in the Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha Movement
Caste is a system rooted in unequal material relations, legitimised by the Brahmanical ideology of inherent difference. Recognising the material embeddedness of caste underscores the importance of intervening in caste-based land–labour relations to advance anti-caste politics. This article analyses the cultural texts of Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha (PRDS), a Dalit movement that emerged in early twentieth-century Kerala, to foreground livelihood…
The enslaved imagining salvation
Anti-caste discourse vis-à-vis religion identifies Brahmanical Hinduism as the source of caste and highlights Dalit movements that challenged it. While Dalit engagements vis-à-vis non-Brahmanical religions have also existed, they have received limited critical attention. Such scholarship has largely examined conversion movements in which Dalits embraced non-Brahmanical religions, often framing conversion as the acceptance or appropriation of exis…
When ‘the broken’ breaks through
Manchadikkari is a region in central Kerala occupied primarily by Dalit Christian communities. The majority of the people in the area are agricultural daily wage workers who have been economically and culturally marginalized. Caste discrimination and exploitation mark their past and present. The people in Manchadikkari articulate powerful anti-caste politics through their creative cultural productions like songs, stories, and plays that take shap…
When Fists Write (of) the Past
Dalit historiography is the narrativization of the past from a Dalit perspective purposive of critiquing existing traditions of Indian historiographies and/or producing alternate histories. It is the discourse through which historiographical erasures and misrepresentations are challenged through narratives that recover and reinterpret the past from anti-caste standpoints. This counter-discourse reorients historiography and transforms historical u…
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When Fists Write (of) the Past
Dalit historiography is the narrativization of the past from a Dalit perspective purposive of critiquing existing traditions of Indian historiographies and/or producing alternate histories. It is the discourse through which historiographical erasures and misrepresentations are challenged through narratives that recover and reinterpret the past from anti-caste standpoints. This counter-discourse reorients historiography and transforms historical u…
When ‘the broken’ breaks through
Manchadikkari is a region in central Kerala occupied primarily by Dalit Christian communities. The majority of the people in the area are agricultural daily wage workers who have been economically and culturally marginalized. Caste discrimination and exploitation mark their past and present. The people in Manchadikkari articulate powerful anti-caste politics through their creative cultural productions like songs, stories, and plays that take shap…
Livelihood as Anti-Caste Praxis in the Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha Movement
Caste is a system rooted in unequal material relations, legitimised by the Brahmanical ideology of inherent difference. Recognising the material embeddedness of caste underscores the importance of intervening in caste-based land–labour relations to advance anti-caste politics. This article analyses the cultural texts of Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha (PRDS), a Dalit movement that emerged in early twentieth-century Kerala, to foreground livelihood…
The enslaved imagining salvation
Anti-caste discourse vis-à-vis religion identifies Brahmanical Hinduism as the source of caste and highlights Dalit movements that challenged it. While Dalit engagements vis-à-vis non-Brahmanical religions have also existed, they have received limited critical attention. Such scholarship has largely examined conversion movements in which Dalits embraced non-Brahmanical religions, often framing conversion as the acceptance or appropriation of exis…
Politics (4 works) · Caste (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · South Asian Studies and Diaspora (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)