Dalits of Nepal : Issues and Challenges/edited by Prabodh M. Devkota. Reprint.
Kathmandu, Feminist Dalit Organization, 2005, 186 p., (pbk). ISBN
99933-384-0-0.
Dalits of Nepal : Issues and Challenges/edited by Prabodh M. Devkota. Reprint.
Kathmandu, Feminist Dalit Organization, 2005, 186 p., (pbk). ISBN
99933-384-0-0.
Contents: Publisher's note. Editor's note. Introduction. I. Power, history and society: 1. Dalits of Nepal: their movement now and then/Hira Vishwakarma. 2. Legacy of power and politics of image in the formation of Dalits/Prabodh Mani Devkota. 3. Empirical glimpses of the situation of Dalits in Nepal/Jit B. Gurung. 4. Social and economic conditions of Dalit women/Krishna B. Bhattachan. 5. Education and health status of Dalit women/Bidya Nath Koirala. 6. Legal and political position of Dalit women in Nepal/Yub Raj Sangraula. II. Art and society: 7. Dalits and performing arts/Abhi Subedi. 8. Kali's subaltern images/Arun Gupto. 9. Dalit, music and society/Ram Sharan Darnal. III. Voice and representation: 10. Voice of struggle/Durga Sob. 11. The search for Dalit self possession/Khagendra Sangraula. 12. Representing Dalit/Sanjeev Upretti. 13. Rural Dalit women and work: the impact of social and economic change/Mary M. Cameron. 14. Brief introduction of the writers. Index.
"The book tries to focus on Dalit women and their conditions with major emphasis and the Dalit community and social responses in general. It tries to highlight their positions in the domains of education, law, male hegemony and economic independence. At the same time, scholars have tried to highlight on the socio-political, economic, and cultural realities of the entire Dalit communities with their research based findings and analysis."