Subalternities in India and Latin America

Dalit Autobiographies and the Testimonio

• Author(s): Sonya Surabhi Gupta,
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Pages: 228
• ISBN_10: 1000408884
  ISBN_13: 9781000408881
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Comparative Literature , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory , Social Science / Discrimination , Political Science / General , Social Science / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Women's Studies , Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity , Social Science / Violence in Society , Social Science / Regional Studies , History / General , Literary Criticism / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Human Geography , Social Science / Popular Culture ,

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This volume presents a comparative exploration of Dalit autobiographical writing from India and of Latin American testimonio as subaltern voices from two regions of the Global South. Offering frames for linking global subalternity today, the chapters address Siddalingaiah’s Ooru Keri; Muli’s Life History; Manoranjan Byapari and Manju Bala’s narratives; and Yashica Dutt’s Coming Out as Dalit; among others, alongside foundational texts of the testimonio genre.

While embedded in their specific experiences, the shared history of oppression and resistance on the basis of race/ethnicity and caste from where these subaltern life histories arise constitutes an alternative epistemological locus. The chapters point to the inadequacy of reading them within existing critical frameworks in autobiography studies.

A fascinating set of studies juxtaposing the two genres, the book is an essential read for scholars and researchers of Dalit studies, subaltern studies, testimonio and autobiography, cultural studies, world literature, comparative literature, history, political sociology and social anthropology, arts and aesthetics, Latin American studies, and Global South studies.