Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: Tapan BasuEditor(s): Tapan BasuPublisher: KathaYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 262ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187649054 DescriptionThis volume comprises an eclectic selection of eight short stories on the theme of caste in seven different modern Indian languages, and four articles discussing some of the meta-'literary' socio-cultural aspects of caste in modern India.Translating Caste is, first and foremost, intended to fulfill a pedagogical function. It proposes to bring the issue of caste and its textual representation in contemporary Indian literature into the classrooms of universities in Indian and abroad. The Textual representation of caste in contemporary Indian literature is, of course, to be made available and accessible to university students through their translations into English. But the issue of Translating Caste is not only an issue of communicating certain narratives about caste across languages or, even, across cultures. The narratives about caste which constitute the core of this collection, in themselves are engagements in an enterprise of translation-the translation of caste as asocial institution into an assortment of cultural discourses.ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionSTORIESOorakali by Irathina KarikalanThe Paddy Harvest by Mogalli GaneshBayen by Mahasweta DeviA Childhood Tale by Urmila PawerMarried to Separateness by Narain SinghSukritam by M T Vasudevan NairDoiboki’s Day by Arupa Patangia KalitaWhat is My Caste by K P RamanunniCRITICAL COMMENTARIESOorakali: A Reading by Hephzibah IsraelCast(e)ing Wicked Spells: Gendered Errancy in Mahasweta Devi’s Bayen by Brinda BoseCASTE OVERVIEWThe Narratives of Suffering: Caste and the Underprivileged by Sisir Kumar DasNarratives of Suffering: Dalit Perspectives by Tapan BasuThrough Another Lens: Men, Women and Caste by Uma ChakravartiSome issues in an Analysis of Caste and Gender in Modern India by G ArunimaThe Dalit Woman Speaks Up: Amhihi Ithihas Ghadawala Excerpts from a dialogue with Urmila PawarSelect Annotated BibliographyBiographical NotesUser’s guide to notes, Bibliographic Reference and Abbreviations Index
