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Revolting Labor is an anthropological history of an untouchable community who live in the hinterland of Delhi. The Balmikis, who as Chuhras and Bhangis were once agricultural laborers, migrated to the cities of north India in the 19th. century to work in the new sanitation depar…

This dissertation tracks the emergence of literary narratives by and about Dalit communities in India from the 1950s to the 1990s. Examining the literary texts from a historical materialist perspective, I explore their articulation of self-identity and resistance against the cas…