Caste and partition in Bengal: the story of Dalit refugees, 1946-1961

This text seeks to situate caste as a discursive category in the discussion of Partition in Bengal. In conventional narratives of Partition, the role of the Dalit or the Scheduled Castes is either completely ignored or mentioned in passing. The authors addresse this discursive absence and argues tha...

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Hauptverfasser: Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar 1952- (VerfasserIn), Basu Ray Chaudhury, Anasua 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2022
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:This text seeks to situate caste as a discursive category in the discussion of Partition in Bengal. In conventional narratives of Partition, the role of the Dalit or the Scheduled Castes is either completely ignored or mentioned in passing. The authors addresse this discursive absence and argues that in Bengal the Dalits were neither passive onlookers nor accidental victims of Partition politics and violence, which ruptured their unity and weakened their political autonomy.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 272 Seiten
ISBN:9780192859723

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