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Abstract

Dalit women have long occupied marginal positions and been excluded from two major Indian social movements: The Feminist Movement and the Dalit Movement. The researcher examines how Dalit women have made creative use of their marginality—their ‘outsider-within' status—and have represented their lived experiences. The study scrutinizes select life narratives of Dalit women writers: Bama's Sangati: Events (2005), Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of My Life (2015), and Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke (2008) to discuss and explore the sociological significance of three characteristic themes in these narratives: (1) the interlocking nature of Dalit women’s oppression, (2) endurance and resilience, (3) their role in the transformation of the Dalit community. Thus, the perspectives of Dalit women writers create new knowledge about their lives, families, and communities. Their perspectives may well provide a preparatory point for the development of the Dalit Feminist Standpoint. This study may help other marginalized sections or social scientists by putting greater trust in the creative potential of their narratives and cultural biographies.

Author Biography

Bhushan Sharma (Author) is a Ph. D. Scholar working in the field of Dalit Feminism, School of Languages and Literature, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Kakriyal, J&K, India.

Dr. Anurag Kumar (Co-author) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Languages and Literature at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. He has earned his Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He has published numerous research articles, and the book titled African American Literature: Politics of Marginal Space in the Fiction of Gloria Naylor.

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