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Description: Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader radically redefines feminism by introducing the category of Dalit into the core of feminist thought. It supplements feminism by adding caste to its study and praxis; it also re - examines and rethinks Indian feminism by replacing it with a new paradigm namely that caste - based feminist inquiry offers the only theoretical vantage point for comprehensively addressing gender - based injustices. Drawing on a variety of disciplines the chapters in the volume discuss key themes such as Indian feminism versus Dalit feminism; the emerging concept of Dalit patriarchy; the predecessors of Dalit feminism such as Phule and Ambedkar; the meaning and value of lived experience; the concept of Difference; the analogical relationship between Black feminism and Dalit feminism; the intersectionality debate; and the theory - versus - experience debate. They also provide a conceptual historical empirical and philosophical understanding of feminism in India today. Accessible essential and ingenious in its approach this book is for students teachers and specialist scholars as well as activists and the interested general reader. It will be indispensable for those engaged in gender studies women's studies sociology of caste political science and political theory philosophy and feminism Ambedkar studies and for anyone working in the areas of caste class or gender - based discrimination exclusion and inequality.
Title: Dalit Feminist Theory A Reader
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367278250
Pages: 246 Pages, 6 Halftones, Black And White; 6 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/23/2019
Category: Human Rights
Description: Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader radically redefines feminism by introducing the category of Dalit into the core of feminist thought. It supplements feminism by adding caste to its study and praxis; it also re - examines and rethinks Indian feminism by replacing it with a new paradigm namely that caste - based feminist inquiry offers the only theoretical vantage point for comprehensively addressing gender - based injustices. Drawing on a variety of disciplines the chapters in the volume discuss key themes such as Indian feminism versus Dalit feminism; the emerging concept of Dalit patriarchy; the predecessors of Dalit feminism such as Phule and Ambedkar; the meaning and value of lived experience; the concept of Difference; the analogical relationship between Black feminism and Dalit feminism; the intersectionality debate; and the theory - versus - experience debate. They also provide a conceptual historical empirical and philosophical understanding of feminism in India today. Accessible essential and ingenious in its approach this book is for students teachers and specialist scholars as well as activists and the interested general reader. It will be indispensable for those engaged in gender studies women's studies sociology of caste political science and political theory philosophy and feminism Ambedkar studies and for anyone working in the areas of caste class or gender - based discrimination exclusion and inequality.
Title: Dalit Feminist Theory A Reader
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367278250
Pages: 246 Pages, 6 Halftones, Black And White; 6 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/23/2019
Category: Human Rights
