Karukku: Caste, Gender and Society
Rachena Devi
, shubha vats
gender, caste, intersectionality, cultural conflict, Dalit literature¸.
The idea of intersectionality is discussed in the current study, with an emphasis on Caste and gender inequality in the Dalit life narrative. While globalisation brought with it progress and wealth, it also widened the divide between the rich and the poor. Inequalities based on gender and caste are firmly ingrained in Indian society, and the country's rapid economic boom has allowed certain oligarchs to play power games by denying minority access to basic human rights. To better understand the systems, institutions, and experiences, one must investigate the intersectionality of gender and caste via the lens of cultural conflict in Dalit literature. According to the study's findings, caste-based discrimination places extra difficulties in the way of Dalit women's access to protection on top of the ongoing issues related to gender marginalisation, poverty, and children. The suffering that members of society's lowest strata endured as a result of the hegemonic construction of society gave rise to the formation of Dalit literature. Women writers have emerged to express their feelings, sorrows, embarrassments, and oppression in all facets of their lives. This chapter focuses on how Paraiyar caste women are degraded at the lowest levels of society based on their race, class, and creed in Bama's Karukku. Discrimination on the basis of caste and gender is the major issue in the works of Bama. Karukku is her life narrative (memoir) which was translated by Lakshmi Holmstrom in 2000 and won the Crossword Award for translation in 2001.
Volume 10
Issue 2,
February-2023
Pages : 620-626
Paper Reg. ID: TIJER_100479
Published Paper Id: TIJER2302074
Downloads: 000314
Research Area: Arts1 All
Country: JAMMU, JAMMU & KASHMIR, India
DOI: http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.33973
ISSN: 2349-9249 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.57 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2014
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