The Gender of Caste: Representing Dalits in Print

by Charu Gupta and Charu Gupta

Book Overview

Caste and gender are complex markers of difference that have traditionally been addressed in isolation from each other, with a presumptive maleness present in most studies of Dalits ("untouchables") and a presumptive upper-casteness in many feminist studies. In this study of the representations of Dalits in the print culture of colonial north India, Charu Gupta enters new territory by looking at images of Dalit women as both victims and vamps,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295744227
• ISBN13: 9780295744223
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher