NARRATIVIZING OPPRESSION AND SUFFERING: THEORIZING SLAVERY

This article analyses the particular process by which memories of the slave experience of Pulayas, Parayas and similar castes are kept alive in contemporary Kerala by Followers of the Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha, a social and religious movement of Dalits started in 1909-10 by Poyikayil Yohannan i...

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Main Author: Sanal Mohan
Format: Printed Book
Published: SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH 26(1): 5-40, 2006 2006
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ADI DRAVIDAS DALITS IDENTITY CHRISTIANITY KERALA MISSIONARIES SLAVERY
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/00649.pdf
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