Wasted bodies : a gendered critique of the Dalit consciousness through 'waste' in select Dalit autobiographies

• Main Author: Saraniyah Saravanan
• Other Authors: Nicholas Witkowski
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147277
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper navigates the limitations of the Dalit consciousness in emancipating the rural Dalit population in India. It is well-documented that urban commercial activities have contributed to the relegation of excessive garbage to the margins of society –– rural spaces. Rural Dalit women in particul...