02076nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802800320007608200200010810000220012824500320015026000500018230000300023236500080026250502510027052010860052165000200160765500310162770000090165894200090166799900170167695201410169320181115114942.0181112b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780199450411  aDonated by :Amiya Chaudhuri  a305.5688092 HOL  aLakshmi Holmstrom  aKarukkuc/Lakshmi Holmstrom  aNew Delhi b: Oxford University Pressc, 2012  axxiv, 142 pages c; 23 cm  b236  aTEN YEARS LATER ; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION ; INTRODUCTION BY LAKSHMI HOLMSTROM ; AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION ; EDITOR'S NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION ; KARUKKU ; POSTSCRIPT ; AUTHOR'S AFTERWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION ; GLOSSARY  aIn 1992 when a Dalit woman left the convent and wrote her autobiography, the Tamil publishing industry found her language unacceptable. So Bama Faustina published her milestone work Karukku privately in 1992-a passionate and important mix of history, sociology, and the strength to remember. 

Karukku broke barriers of tradition in more ways than one. The first autobiography by a Dalit woman writer and a classic of subaltern writing, it is a bold and poignant tale of life outside mainstream Indian thought and function. Revolving around the main theme of caste oppression within the Catholic Church, it portrays the tension between the self and the community, and presents Bama's life as a process of self-reflection and recovery from social and institutional betrayal. 

The English translation, first published in 2000 and recognized as a new alphabet of experience, pushed Dalit writing into high relief. This second edition includes a Postscript in which Bama relives the dramatic movement of her leave-taking from her chosen vocation and a special note 'Ten Years Later'.   aSocial Sciences  aCaste-based discrimination  aBama  cBOOK  c50360d50360  00102ddc4071aSNULbSNULd2018-11-12l2m1o305.5688092 HOLp25776r2019-11-01 00:00:00s2019-10-01w2018-11-12yBOOKzReference Book