The Poetics of Postcolonial Atrocity: Dalit Life Writing, Testimonio, and Human Rights

This essay discusses Dalit life writing, a genre of Indian texts that emerged first in regional languages, and, in the 1990s, in English. The genre, which may be treated as "testimonio", situates personal and collective suffering within a larger discourse of human rights. Dalit human right...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ariel 2011-07, Vol.42 (3-4), p.237-264
1. Verfasser:	Nayar, Pramod K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Atrocities Human rights Narratives Poetics Postcolonialism Social classes Writing
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