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Joothan : An Untouchable's Life 🔍
Omprakash Valmiki, Arun Prabha Mukherjee, Omaprakasa Valmiki Columbia University Press ; Footprint Books (Distributor), Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3), New York, 2003
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Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a community forced to live at the bottom of India's social pyramid. Although untouchability was abolished in 1949, Dalits continued to face discrimination, economic deprivation, violence, and ridicule. Valmiki shares his heroic struggle to survive a preordained life of perpetual physical and mental persecution and his transformation into a speaking subject under the influence of the great Dalit political leader, B. R. Ambedkar. A document of the long-silenced and long-denied sufferings of the Dalits, Joothan is a major contribution to the archives of Dalit history and a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness.
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Joothan : a dalit's life
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Valmiki, Omprakash; Mukherjee, Arun Prabha; Mukherjee, Arun Prabha
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Omprakash Valmiki; Arun Prabha Mukherjee; Arun Prabha Mukherjee
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Omprakash Valmiki; translated by Arun Prabha Mukherjee
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Omaprakāśa Vālmīki
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Columbia Business School Publishing
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King's Crown Paperbacks
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United States, United States of America
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New York, New York State, 2003
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New York, June 2003
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August 15, 2003
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2, 2008
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类型: 图书
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出版社: Columbia University Press ; Footprint Books (Distributor)
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页码: 208
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开本: AUD 79.00
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价格: 05.500x08.250 in
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出版日期: 2009
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出版社: Columbia University Press
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页码: 203
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xlviii).
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Omprakash Valmiki's Joothan, An Autobiographical Account Of His Birth And Upbringing As An Untouchable, Or Dalit, In The Newly Independent India Of The 1950s, Is One Of The First Portrayals Of Dalit Life In North India From An Insider's Perspective. Joothan Literally Means Scraps Of Food Left On A Plate, Destined For The Garbage Or For The Family Pet In A Middle-class Urban Home. It Is Related To The Word Jootha, Which Means Polluted, And Such Scraps Are Characterized As Joothan Only If Someone Else Eats Them. India's Untouchables Have Been Forced To Accept And Eat Joothan For Their Subsistence For Centuries. The Word Encapsulates The Pain, Humiliation, And Poverty Of This Community, Which Has Lived At The Bottom Of India's Social Pyramid For Millennia. Although Untouchability Was Legally Abolished In The Constitution Of The Newly Independent India In 1949, Dalits Continue To Face Discrimination, Economic Deprivation, Violence, And Ridicule.--jacket. Omprakash Valmiki ; Translated By Arun Prabha Mukherjee. Includes Bibliographical References.
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Presents an autobiographical account of the author's birth and upbringing as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work presents a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness.
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OMPRAKASH VALMIKI'S Joothan is among the first texts in Hindi that identifies itself as a part of Dalit literature, one of the most important literary movements to emerge in postindependence India.
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