Volume III Issue II April-June 2023

Name of Author : Keerthana K

Title of the paper : Caste, Gender and Resistance in Bamas Karukku

Abstract: Dalit literature is known for its revolt and struggle of lower caste against the high class people. Dalit women are especially doubly exploited. The importance of Bama in Tamil Dalit literature is not difficult to underscore for in its short history she has a place of her own. Her Karukku has been regarded as an epoch making book in Dalit writing, Bamas focus changed from invoking Dalit victimhood towards focusing on the interrelationship between caste and patriarchy in her writings. Unlike the victimhood articulated subjectively in Karukku. The novel explores the different phases women struggle in the society and problems of caste exploitation with reference to Dalit women Bamas Karukku. Bamas work is a powerful voice of whole Dalit communities who struggle to overcome inequalities, suppression and exploitation which they been facing since times immemorial.

Keywords : Autobiography, Dalit Women, Dalit Christian, Caste exploitation, oppression

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Page No. : 51-52