Bama Faustina, Lakshmi Holmstrom

Broschiertes Buch

Karukku

Beschreibung

Karukku broke barriers of tradition in more ways than one. The first autobiography by a Dalit woman writer and a classic of subaltern writing, it is a bold and poignant tale of life outside mainstream Indian thought and function.

Autor

Bama is the most celebrated contemporary Dalit woman writer. She has been in the forefront of caste literature activism and has given Dalit aesthetics tremendous visibility on the literary campus of India. Her works have been translated into English, German, French, Telugu, and Malayalam. Lakshmi Holmström is one of the most successful Indian translators. She has received the Crossword Award for translation twice (2001 and 2007) and the Iyal Award from the Tamil Literary Garden, Canada (2008). She is one of the Founder Trustees of the South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP India
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 143mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9780199450411
• ISBN-10: 0199450412
• Artikelnr.: 52770483