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OverviewTamil Dalit feminist poetry occurs in the nexus of caste demands and literary expectations based on Tamil “high culture,” as set in the literary conventions of both classical and contemporary aesthetics. Tamil Dalit feminist poets and their allies challenge literary expectations set for women poets as well as caste stigma. In Tamil Dalit Feminist Poetics: Resistance, Power, and Solidarity, Pramila Venkateswaran argues that Dalit poets Sukirtharani, Arangamallika, Umadevi, Meena Kandasamy, and Tamil feminist allies, such as Malathi Maitri and Kutty Revathi, challenge the literary tradition of Tamil poetry by presenting their radical poems on themes based on their experience and witnessing the trauma of violence on Dalit women’s bodies, thus placing caste and gender at the center of their work. They assert their subjectivity, offering us a feminist poetics that is rich with insights on the Dalit body, spirituality, music, culture, Dalit connection to land, and democracy. Their poems theorize women’s experiences, using metaphor, symbol, folk idioms, as well as satire and irony to express feminist connectedness to all spheres of life. Replete with anti-caste resistance of language, form, and content, Tamil Dalit feminist poets reframe both feminism and contemporary Tamil poetry. Thus, Dalit feminist poetry and other cultural productions are vehicles for solidarity and democracy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pramila VenkateswaranPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic ISBN: 9781666921328ISBN 10: 1666921327 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 15 October 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Tamil Dalit Feminist Poetry as Theory Chapter Two: Radical Aesthetics in Tamil Dalit Feminist Poetry: Themes, Forms, Language Chapter Three: Challenging Brahminical Patriarchy: Asserting Dalit Spirituality Chapter Four: Sexuality in Tamil Dalit Feminist Poetry Chapter Five: Land, Labor, and Love: Tamil Dalit Feminist Poets’ Embodied Expressions Chapter Six: Contemporary Expressions of Dalit Feminist Oral Tradition: Performing Songs, Rap, and Gaana Chapter Seven: Love as Medicine: Dalit and Non-Dalit Feminist Solidarity Bibliography About the AuthorReviewsAuthor InformationPramila Venkateswaran teaches English and women’s studies at SUNY Nassau, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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