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GLOBAL SOUTH ASIA Padma Kaimal, K. Sivaramakrishnan, and Anand A. Yang, Series Editors This page intentionally left blank The Gender of Caste representing dalits in print Charu Gupta University of Washington Press Seattle and London Copyright © 2016 Charu Gupta Printed and bound in the United States of America 20 19 18 17 16 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Published in South Asia by Permanent Black Delhi, India http://permanent-black.blogspot.com/ University of Washington Press www.washington.edu/uwpress Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Gupta, Charu. Title: The gender of caste : representing Dalits in print / Charu Gupta. Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015035762 | ISBN 9780295995649 (hardcover : acid-free paper) Subjects: LCSH: Dalit women—India, North—Public opinion. | Dalit women—India, North— History—Sources. | Caste—India, North. | Sex role—India, North. | Public opinion— India, North. | Dalits in literature. | Dalits—India, North—Social conditions. | India, North—Social conditions. Classification: LCC DS422.C3 G864 2016 | DDC 305.48/44—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015035762 The paper used in this publication is acid-free and meets the minimum requirements of Ameri- can National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. ∞ for Peter Robb my teacher and guide This page intentionally left blank Contents Abbreviations ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Gendering Dalits 1 1 Dirty “Other” Vamp: (Mis)Representing Dalit Women 28 2 Paradoxes of Victimhood: Iconographies of Suffering, Sympathy, and Subservience 52 3 Dalit Viranganas: (En)Gendering the Dalit Reinvention of 1857 86 4 Feminine, Criminal, or Manly? Imaging Dalit Masculinities 111 5 Intimate and Embodied Desires: Religious Conversions and Dalit Women 166 6 Goddesses and Women’s Songs: Negotiating Dalit Popular Religion and Culture 208 7 Caste, Indentured Women, and the Hindi Public Sphere 232 Conclusion 267 Glossary 271 Bibliography 276 Index 321 vii This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations BSP Bahujan Samaj Party CMS Church Missionary Society Deptt Department EPW Economic and Political Weekly Home Poll Home (Political) Department IESHR Indian Economic and Social History Review JAS The Journal of Asian Studies Judl Judicial MAS Modern Asian Studies NAI National Archives of India, New Delhi NICTBS North Indian Christian Tract and Book Society NMML Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi NNR Native Newspaper Reports of UP NWP The North Western Provinces and Oudh (later United Provinces) OBC Other Backward Castes OIOC Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library PAI (Secret) Police Abstracts of Intelligence of UP Government UP The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (later Uttar Pradesh) UPSA Uttar Pradesh State Archives, Lucknow ix
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