Bama's 'Karukku':: Dalit autobiography as testimonio

被引:25
作者
Nayar, Pramod K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500134, Andhra Pradesh, India
关键词
Dalit writing; Bama; trauma; subaltern; testimonio; witnessing;
D O I
10.1177/0021989406065773
中图分类号
I3/7 [各国文学];
学科分类号
摘要
This essay argues that Dalit autobiographies must be treated as testimonio, atrocity narratives that document trauma and strategies of survival. Using Bama's Karukku as a case-study, it explores the shift between the generic conventions of individual life-writing and collective biography in this text. It analyses the strategy of witnessing in Bama's narrative, arguing that she functions as a witness to a community's suffering, and calls upon readers to undertake "rhetorical listening" as secondary witnesses. This act of recording trauma and witnessing, the essay proposes, is one of subaltern agency.
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