Suresh Kumar in his book Literature of Protest: Reading Dalit Women’s Autobiographies and Fiction gives a comprehensive account of the corpus of Dalit literature penned by women as it voices their sustained and systemic protest against caste, the caste divide and patriarchal control. Kumar suggests that Dalit women’s literature as ‘a distinct form of writing through popular songs,
Agential Discourses: Genesis and Evolution of Dalit Women’s Literary Voice
Somya Charan Pahadi
LITERATURE OF PROTEST: READING DALIT WOMEN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND FICTION by By Suresh Kumar Primus Books, India, 2023, 405 pp., INR 1750.00
March 2024, volume 48, No 3