Spotted Goddesses

Dalit Women’s Agency-narratives on Caste and Gender Violence

Bibliographic Data

ID22224009
AuthorsBalmurli Natrajan (0000-0002-1273-4402, William Paterson University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume2
Issue2
Pages381-390
Publication date2021-12-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2639-4928 • E-ISSN: 2639-4928
PublisherBrandeis University (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.26812/caste.v2i2.343
OpenAlexW4205249836
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited10

How does one write about a social institution and social relation that is constituted by violence, but one that has become normalized in society such that the violence is viewed only in its dramatic expressions as an 'atrocity', an abnormality, an exception to its existence? How does one write about a social phenomenon whose end one wishes to see? How does one write about domination without making the victims into mute objects or free subjects? How does one write with a verve and tenor that conveys the urgency of a world desperately seeking change, while acknowledging the need to submit to analysis? Such questions demand writing that foregrounds accountability (who are our accounts of reality really for?) and perspectivism (from what location do we as writers speak?)

Art · Caste · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access