Voice of the other : understanding marginal identities / Vulli Dhanaraju.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dhanaraju, Vulli, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marginality, Social--India--Congresses.

Marginality, Social.

Ethnicity--India--Congresses.

Ethnicity.

Women in development--India--Congresses.

Women in development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : GenNext Publication, 2016.

Summary:

The book addresses the concept of marginalization in understanding various identities in Indian society. Marginalization is often described as a social process where people refer to the periphery or 'margins' of the society. It is defined as processes, in which individuals or communities are socially excluded and denied access to participate in social and political processes which are basic to integrate with the society. In this context the term, 'marginality' is used in this book in order to understand the depressed and socially excluded sections, estranged by others such as 'Brahmanism' in mainstream society, exploitative nature of non tribals in northeast and patriarchy in mainstream Indian society. The book is divided into four thematic sections covering 17 papers by scholars, social science researchers and other experts on the theme. The four thematic themes are Caste and Marginality; Ethnic Identities and Marginality; Gender and Marginality; and Literature, Language and Marginality. Each section has covered main theme of the book. Thus, the readers will find this book dealing with the voice of the 'other' in the study of marginal identities.

Contents:

Cover; HalfTitle Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Forward; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction: Vulli Dhanaraju; I. Caste and Marginality; 1. Social Movement of Dalits in Bengal: With Special Reference to Namasudra; 2. Untouchability as Social Exclusion: Historical Perspective; 3. Evolution of the Rajbanshi Society of North Bengal: Question of Identity Crisis; 4. The Marginalised Potters of Nongpok Sekmai in Manipur; II. Ethnic Identity and Marginality

5. Assam as a Settler State: Contextualising Identity and Social Conflicts: Within a Colonial - Settler Colonial Paradigm6. An Anatomy of Ethnic Conflict and the Mass Media in Assam; 7. Tribal Movement as 'Nationalism': An Analysis of the Jharkhand Movement; 8. Historicising Tribal Identity in India; III. Gender and Marginality; 9. Status and Identity of Tea Garden Women: A Case Study of Tamulbari Tea Estate in Dibrugarh; 10. Social Inclusion of Tribal Women through Social Development: A Study of Tribal Women Empowerment in Assam

11. Going Beyond the Confines of Her Class, Caste and Gender: The Character of Sanichari in RudaliIV. Literature, Language and Marginality; 12. Parallel Struggles; Paralleling Identities: A Reading of Two Native Novels; 13. Fluid Identity and Floating Societies in Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide; 14. The Voice of the 'Other': Situating Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa's Subalterns at Sambalpur; 15. Language Loss Among the Thangal Tribe of Manipur; 16. English Medium Education and Dalit Emancipation: Some Reflections; 17. Othering in Self-Ascription: A Case for the Linguistic 'Selfie'

Notes:

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ISBN:

93-80229-99-2

OCLC:

1388492795