What is it about?
A thematic and stylistic comparison between select Afro-American texts and Dalit writings from India.
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Why is it important?
Because such a comparative analysis is important to show similar trajectories in terms of themes and styles in both .
Perspectives
Writing this article was a pleasure, especially reading the poems of Namdeo Dhasal and locating them within the matrix of exploitation that joins both Afro-American literature and Dalit literature. Part of an edited book and conference proceedings on Gilles Deleuze held in Chennai.
Dr. Arnab Chatterjee
Budge Budge Institute of Technology
It was an enriching experience writing this article.
Dr. Arnab Chatterjee
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This page is a summary of: Survival, Struggle and Identity in Dalit and Afro-American Literature, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2140-9_12.
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Survival, Struggle and Identity in Dalit and Afro-American Literature
Amiri Baraka’s Obie winning play, Dutchman (1964), depicts entrenched race relations in the USA during the civil rights era of which the playwright had a firsthand knowledge. But, it does something more than that. Employing semi-absurdist techniques and a closed setting that often reminds one of the dramaturgy of Harold Pinter, the play shows troubled race relations at work that operates on many levels. This, nevertheless, brings in the issues of survival, identity, and struggle in Afro-American literature that has parallels with the dalit movement in India, particularly in Maharashtra, in the poetry of writers like Namdeo Dhasal, Baburao Bhagul and others. While the Black Panther Movement of the 1960s called for a recourse to violent techniques to change the status quo, similar ideology was also adopted by the Dalit Panthers to reinforce the oppressed dalit psyche and identity. This chapter would like to demonstrate these similaritiesfrom a Deleuzian–Guattarian perspective.
Springer: Deleuzian & Guattarian Approaches to Contemporary Communication Cultures in India
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