Hungry translations : relearning the world through radical vulnerability / Richa Nagar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagar, Richa, author.

Series:

Transformations (University of Illinois (System). Press)

Transformations. Womanist, feminist, and indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saṅgatina (Organization).

Social justice.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Women political activists--India--Sītāpur (District).

Women political activists.

Women's rights--India--Sītāpur (District).

Women's rights.

Marginality, Social--India--Sītāpur (District).

Marginality, Social.

Rural women--India--Sītāpur (District)--Social conditions.

Rural women.

Rural women--India--Sītāpur (District)--Economic conditions.

Poor women--India--Sītāpur (District)--Social conditions.

Poor women.

Feminism--India.

Feminism.

Women's studies.

Feminist theory.

Poor women--Social conditions.

Rural women--Economic conditions.

Rural women--Social conditions.

India.

India--Sītāpur (District).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages) : illustration, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]

Summary:

About the struggles of thousands Dalit women, laborers and peasants of Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh under Sangatina; includes not only the words and reflections of many saathis of Sangtin, but also the everyday stories of their struggles; poems by Richa Nagar and a play.

Experts often assume that the poor, hungry, rural, and/or precarious need external interventions. They frequently fail to recognize how the same people create politics and knowledge by living and honing their own dynamic visions. How might scholars and teachers working in the Global North ethically participate in producing knowledge in ways that connect across different meanings of struggle, hunger, hope, and the good life? Informed by over twenty years of experiences in India and the United States, Hungry Translations bridges these divides with a fresh approach to academic theorising. Through in-depth reflections on her collaborations with activists, theatre artists, writers, and students, Richa Nagar discusses the ongoing work of building embodied alliances among those who occupy different locations in predominant hierarchies.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2020)

ISBN:

9780252051418

0252051416