Representing the margin
caste and gender in Indian fiction
by Ajay S. Sekher
Representing the Margin is about the representation of socio cultural margins in Indian fiction written in various Indian languages including English. The focus of inquiry is the narrativization of caste and gender issues in fiction. It is also a critical study on Indian modernity and its discontents.
The work analyzes post colonial fiction in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Bengali, Hindi/Urdu, Kannada and English. Authors like Premchand, Abdul Bismillah, Mahasweta Devi, Sirshendu Mukhopadhyaya, U R Anantha Moorthy, Rao Bahaddur, O V Vijayan, K J Baby, Raja Rao and Arundhati Roy are discussed. Works include: Godan, Song of the Loom, Samskara, Gramayana, Rudali, Woodworm, Thalamurakal, Mavelimantam, Kantapura and God of Small Things.
The book is a critique of caste and Brahmanic patriarchy in Indian cultural contexts. It develops a subaltern hermeneutics and decentered reading approach. It is also an epistemological account to study Dalit and Bahujan issues in Indian cultural politics.
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Indian fiction, Indian fictions, caste and gender in Indian cultures and novels, representation of marginalia in fiction, dalit bahujan issues in Indian fiction, women's issues in Indian fiction, History and criticism, Sex role in literature, Men in literature, Indic fiction, Women in literature, Gender identity in literature, Indic fiction (English), Caste in literaturePeople
Arundhati Roy (1961-), O V Vijayan, Raja Rao, K J Baby, Mahasweta Devi, Prem Chand, Abdul Bismillah, Rao Bahaddur, Ambedkar, Narayana Guru, Poykayil Appachan, E V R, Kabir, PhuleTimes
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Representing the margin: caste and gender in Indian fiction
2008, Kalpaz Publications
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in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-217) and index.
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This remarkable study on post colonial Indian fiction/s written in various regional languages is on the representation of socio-cultural margins of caste and gender in the novel. The book analyzes works of fiction mostly written in the second half of the twentieth century by eminent Indian authors in languages like Urdu/Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam and English. It is also an ethical and epistemological critique of caste and Brahmanic patriarchy in India. Novelists like Premchand, Abdul Bismillah, Mahasweta Devi, Sirshendu Mukhopadhyaya, U R Anantha Moorthy, Rao Bahaddur, O V Vijayan, K J Baby, Raja Rao, Arundhati Roy are featured and discussed in the work. It provides critical perspectives on Indian culture, literature and society at large. It is also a critique of Indian cultural histories or heterologies and modernity as well. It provides an alternative subaltern hermeneutics and reading and articulating position by critiquing the hegemonic trends in post colonial studies.
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