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Dalit feminism in cremation novel
Author(s) -
Muthukkalanjiyam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international research journal of tamil
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-1113
DOI - 10.34256/irjt21s113
Subject(s) - caste , tamil , symbol (formal) , context (archaeology) , ideology , feminism , gender studies , politics , sociology , dualism , history , political science , literature , law , art , philosophy , theology , linguistics , archaeology
The word Dalit was a Marathi word in a common sense of oppressed people. Today, in the defined sense of the Depressed Classes, it is an all-India term and an ideology. It is a collective symbol of some of the Depressed Classes and a symbol of a cultural politics. In the Tamil context, dalit manifestations, events and its main functions have been high since the nineties. Dalit women are depressed in the grip of untouchability, denied basic rights on the basis of caste. The purpose of this article is to examine the lack of education of Dalit women in the cremation novel, the burning of corpses in the graveyard, the suffering they suffer from professionalism, the misery and difficulties suppressed by caste degradation.

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