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020			_a9780199450411
028			_aDonated by :Amiya Chaudhuri
082			_a305.5688092 HOL
100			_aLakshmi Holmstrom
245			_aKarukku _c/Lakshmi Holmstrom
260			_aNew Delhi _b: Oxford University Press _c, 2012
300			_axxiv, 142 pages _c; 23 cm
365			_b236
505			_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
520			_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'.
650			_aSocial Sciences
655			_aCaste-based discrimination
700			_aBama
942			_cBOOK
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