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Dalit Studies: Key Terms and Concepts undertakes a critical engagement with nearly fifty foundational terms and concepts that have shaped—and continue to shape—the field of Dalit Studies. The entries in the volume: • Are lucid, accessible, and interdisciplinary—detailed in information, comprehensive in perspective, and critical in argumentation. • Integrate quantitative and qualitative research methods by interfacing facts, data, and information with critical, textual, historical, and discourse analysis. • Discuss the genealogy of each term or concept; provide relevant literary, cultural, and socio-political examples and references; and examine its contemporary significance. A key text for an evolving field, this book foregrounds the fundamentals—the critical nuances and far-reaching implications of concepts central to Dalit Studies that are frequently invoked but rarely examined in depth. This volume will be essential reading for students and researchers of literary and critical theory, social and cultural theory, discrimination and ethnic studies, and South Asian studies.

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Author:   Mahitosh Mandal (Presidency University, India) ,  Sanjiv Kondekar
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9781041061496

ISBN 10:   1041061498
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   25 March 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Fundamentals of Dalit Studies: An Introduction Mahitosh Mandal and Sanjiv Kondekar Chapter 1 Annihilation of Caste Debdas Roy Chapter 2 Anti-caste Thinkers Palash Biswas Chapter 3 Anti-casteism Mohankumar B. S. Chapter 4 Bahujan Jyoti Biswas Chapter 5 Brahmanical Literature Aarti Vishwakarma Chapter 6 Caste Priyanka Choudhary Chapter 7 Caste and Class Surajkumar Thube Chapter 8 Caste and Law Puspa Damai Chapter 9 Caste and Race Puspa Damai Chapter 10 Caste Atrocities Mahitosh Mandal Chapter 11 Caste Microaggressions M. Rejoyson Thangal Chapter 12 Casteism in the Indian Diaspora Rishi R. Gune Chapter 13 Critical Caste Studies Dhivya Sivaramane Chapter 14 Dalit Mahitosh Mandal Chapter 15 Dalit Activism Nivea Thomas K. Chapter 16 Dalit Aesthetics Ram Avadh Prajapati Chapter 17 Dalit Cinema Subhayu Bhattacharjee Chapter 18 Dalit Converts Amit Titare Chapter 19 Dalit Environmentalism Sanjeev Kumar Vishwakarma Chapter 20 Dalit Experience Rajdeep Mondal Chapter 21 Dalit Feminism Priyanka Verma Chapter 22 Dalit Historiography Dhanesh Mankulam Chapter 23 Dalit Life Narratives Sruti M. D. Chapter 24 Dalit Literature Damayanti Das Chapter 25 Dalit Media Aazhi Arasi A. Chapter 26 Dalit Music Mahitosh Mandal Chapter 27 Dalit Panthers Sanjiv Kondekar Chapter 28 Dalit Political Parties Priyanka Verma Chapter 29 Dalit Studies Nivea Thomas K. Chapter 30 Dalitization Sanjeev Kumar Vishwakarma Chapter 31 Dalits and Hindutva Abdul Najeeb Noorul Ameen Chapter 32 Dalits and the British Raj Jyoti Biswas Chapter 33 Debrahmanization Dhanesh Mankulam Chapter 34 Disability and the Dalit Anubha Anushree Chapter 35 Educate, Agitate, Organize Abdul Najeeb Noorul Ameen Chapter 36 Gandhi-Ambedkar Debate Madhabi Karmakar Chapter 37 Graded Inequality Abdul Najeeb Noorul Ameen Chapter 38 Jai Bhim Subhayu Bhattacharjee Chapter 39 Kshatriyaization Priyanka Choudhary Chapter 40 Mahad Satyagraha Tufan Bhaskar Awatale Chapter 41 Manuvad Sruti M. D. Chapter 42 Queering Caste Rishi R. Gune Chapter 43 Reservation Jyoti Biswas Chapter 44 Satyashodhak Samaj Surajkumar Thube Chapter 45 Scheduled Castes Proggya Ghatak Chapter 46 Self-Respect Movement of Periyar Dhivya Sivaramane Chapter 47 Separate Electorate Chandan Kumar

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Mahitosh Mandal is an Assistant Professor of English at Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He earned his BA (Hons), MA, MPhil, and PhD from the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. His research interests include literature and psychoanalysis, Holocaust and popular culture, and Dalit and marginality studies. He is the author of Jacques Lacan: From Clinic to Culture (2018) and co-editor of Holocaust vs. Popular Culture: Interrogating Incompatibility and Universalization (Routledge, 2023). His research has been published in leading academic journals, including Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, Lacunae: APPI International Journal for Lacanian Psychoanalysis, and Interdisciplinary Literary Studies. Sanjiv Kondekar is an Assistant Professor of English at Nutan Adarsh Arts, Commerce & Smt. M. H. Wegad Science College, Umred, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. He earned PhD on Saint Tukaram from the Department of English, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Maharashtra. He is the recipient of Junior Research Fellowship (University Grants Commission, India). His research interests include Bhakti Movement, Tukaram Studies, Dalit Studies, and Indian Knowledge Systems. He is the author of History of Tukaram Studies: A Critical Survey (2022) and co-editor of Indian Knowledge Systems: Values and Philosophies (2024). He also co-edited Mithak: Sahitya va Sanskruti (2024). His latest Marathi-language book, titled Jivanvadi Nittitatve (2025), studies the Tamil poet-philosopher Thiruvalluvar.

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