Dalit Conversion Memories in Colonial Kerala and Decolonisation of knowledge

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ID11447482
AuthorsVinil Baby Paul (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume41
Issue2
Pages187-202
Publication date2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth Asia Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0262-7280 • E-ISSN: 1741-3141
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02627280211000166
OpenAlexW3141999069
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited10

This article seeks to decolonise knowledge of the conventional history of Dalits’ Christian conversion and its implications in colonial Kerala. As the missionary archive is the only source of Dalit Christian history writing in Kerala, in this historiography social historians have been unable to include the memories of Protestant missionary work at the local level by the local people themselves. Their experiences and rich accounts are marked by dramatic actions to gain socio-economic freedom and to establish a safe environment with the scope for future development. This article identifies how Dalit Christians themselves, in a specific locality, remember their conversion history, suggesting thereby the scope for a valuable addition to the archive

Archaeology · Colonialism · Decolonization · Historiography · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Religious conversion · Scope (computer science · Social history (medicine · Sociology · History · Law · Medicine · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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