HSL682
| HSL682 | |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Anti-Caste Thought and Literature | |
| Credits | 3 |
| Structure | 3-0-0 |
| Pre-requisites | |
| Overlaps | |
HSL682 : Introduction to Anti-Caste Thought and Literature
[edit]Course Contents: The course will focus on the following topics: Buddhist critiques of caste; Bhakti movement; anti-Brahmanism; anti- caste movements and new discourses (Jotirao Phule, Iyothee Thass, Periyar, Ambedkar); literary articulations of about and against caste and casteism (Dalit literature: autobiography, poetry); Role of anti- racism in anti-caste thought; Debates on sociology and historiography of caste; Anti-caste expressive cultures