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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Prof. Dr. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Indrani Rama Chandran (P62107) | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-13T08:15:56Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-13T08:15:56Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-10-20 | - |
| dc.identifier.other | ukmvital:81201 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/497965 | - |
| dc.description | This thesis analyses the credibility of Tamil literary writings on untouchability in representing issues of rituals, pollution and oppression which are synonymous with caste marginalisation of the Tamil untouchable community. The corpus selected was written by those who belong predominantly to the untouchable Paraiyar caste. The novels and collection of short fiction and play, which were translated from Tamil into English, include The Grip of Change by Sivakami, Beasts of Burden by Imayam and a selection of short fiction and drama by Imayam, Bama, S. Thenmozhy, Azhagiya Periyavan, Sudhakar Kathak and M. Jeeva from The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing. This research questions the practice of representing the Tamil untouchable community in the perspective of their oppressed experiences without highlighting the community's ethnic and cultural characteristics. The eclectic framework created for the study, named the Untouchable Narrative Framework (UNF), draws theoretical perspectives from the works of Stuart Hall, Richard Jenkins, C. Joe Arun, Mikail Bakthin, Nicholas Dirks, Jean Comaroff, Erwing Goffman, Mary Douglas, Mikael Aktor, Gloria Godwin Raheja, Ilan Kapoor, and Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. The findings of this study reveal that while most of the writers in question have attempted to include insights of the community's cultural traditions, they have failed to provide an interrogation of the profound cultural dynamics involved in the evolution of the practice of untouchability. The implications of this study state that the ethnic and ritualistic identity of the Tamil untouchable community should be the point of departure of any literary writing on untouchability, and that by solely projecting on oppression without addressing its ritualistic connotations, the writers are, in fact, denying their people the opportunity to empower themselves through the revalorisation of their ethnic and ritualistic identity.,Ph.D. | - |
| dc.language.iso | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | UKM, Bangi | - |
| dc.relation | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan | - |
| dc.rights | UKM | - |
| dc.subject | Rituals | - |
| dc.subject | Pollution | - |
| dc.subject | Tamil literary writings | - |
| dc.subject | Caste marginalisation | - |
| dc.subject | Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia | - |
| dc.title | Representations of rituals, pollution and oppression in Tamil literary writings on untouchability | - |
| dc.type | Theses | - |
| dc.format.pages | 289 | - |
| dc.identifier.barcode | 002157 | - |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan | |
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