Pain, personhood and the collective: Dalit life narratives

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-442

  Ganguly, Debjani ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caste; Dalit narratives; India; Literature; Pain; Personhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950777812     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357820903367109     Document Type: Article

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