Counteridentification or Counterhegemony?

O’Leary, Catherine

doi:10.1300/j014v18n03_04

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“…Bama also mentions the behaviour of patti how she gives everything first to her grandson and then later to her granddaughters. She is also biased towards her granddaughters, somewhere she is also of the perception that how worthless it is being a woman because of the kind of treatment they get in society, ‘structures of domination and exploitation are central to the dynamics of any society, those who experience forms of oppression will best understand those structures of domination and, thus, certain central dynamics of their society’ (O’Leary, 2008, p. 48). It is very true to say that people who experience the situation can best understand its consequences as patti has faced all those adverse situation as a woman in her life, so somewhere she has cultivated and internalized this notion that being a woman is the root cause of all the troubles and tragedies.…”

Section: Dalit Women Labourmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stepping out of the ‘Difference’: Discerning the Dalit Female Standpoint in Bama’s Sangati

Yogisha¹,

Kumar

2020

Contemporary Voice of Dalit

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The term Dalit carries, within itself, a structural negativity since its inception in every sphere of life be it political, social or economic. It encapsulates the trials and tribulations of a crushed and suppressed community, which is known as the ‘Dalit community’. Dalit literature is a manifestation of the life of Dalit community, which is nothing but a painful saga of an endless suffering. Initially, it was viewed as an all-male affair, but in recent times we have seen the emergence of very powerful narratives by Dalit females. Thus, paving the way for Dalit feminist literature with a new perspective and new ideology which can be termed as ‘Dalit female standpoint’. It unravels some hidden territories of Dalit females’ lives and talks about their situation, location and experiences. Sangati, a very powerful novel written by Bama, a Dalit female writer, stands testimony to the things mentioned above as it presents the agency and audacity of the Dalit women who question their subjugation and raise a step against the biased society. Their knowledge towards the outer world gives them a new outlook and fresh perspective on life as they re-examine gender relations as fundamental to the broader ideologies of caste. The present article seeks to explore the life conditions of Dalit females as they are caught in the vortex of caste, gender and class and their grit and resolve to survive despite all odds by harping on their oppositional consciousness.

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Section: Dalit Women Labourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is coalition building. And if you feel the strain, you may be doing some good work’ (quoted in O’Leary, 2008, p. 68). Bama has shown all these elements of struggle and resistance in these Dalit women.…”

Section: Dalit Women Labourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stepping out of the ‘Difference’: Discerning the Dalit Female Standpoint in Bama’s Sangati

Yogisha¹,

Kumar

2020

Contemporary Voice of Dalit

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“…These identity constellations have been helpful in understanding the experiences of individuals and communities that have often been overlooked and under-theorized, and for suggesting what these individuals and communities think about. Yet, they do not account for the diversity of thought within particular identity constellations nor do they adequately explain how people think and make sense of their lives (Kelly 2013; O’Leary 1998; West and Turner, 2013). As Ana Carasthathis (2008) suggests, the unitary model of identity and experience that intersectionality purports to subvert inadvertently replaces one totalizing model for another.…”

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Intersectionality, Cognition, Disclosure and Black LGBT Views on Civil Rights and Marriage Equality

McGuffey

2018

Du Bois Rev.

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Intersectionality has contributed to the ongoing deconstruction of dichotomous and essentializing categories of identity and oppression. As some scholars have noted, however, intersectionality has debunked a sociobiological, single-node paradigm and unintentionally codified a deterministic form of social cognition. I suggest one mechanism for understanding how to untangle this intersectional dilemma: disclosure practices. Disclosure of stigmatized statuses can illuminate how macro level inequalities manifest in individual thought processes. This study adds to emerging research by showing how social actors rely on intersectional experiences to understand, think about, and frame complex social problems. I examine this topic via 197 interviews with 102 Black participants who identify as LGBT about their views on same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue before and after same-sex marriage was nationally legalized. Specifically, I argue that the Black LGBT participants’ experience with intersectional discrimination and their levels of sexual and gender identity disclosure account for their personal views on same-sex marriage and Black civil rights. Further, the majority of Black participants across disclosure practices viewed marriage equality as primarily benefitting the property interests of White gays and lesbians. Last, I discuss the implications of my findings for LGBT politics and the connections between self-interest and political perspectives.

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Transforming Knowledges

Chatterjee¹

2003

Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes

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Counteridentification or Counterhegemony?

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Stepping out of the ‘Difference’: Discerning the Dalit Female Standpoint in Bama’s Sangati

Stepping out of the ‘Difference’: Discerning the Dalit Female Standpoint in Bama’s Sangati

Intersectionality, Cognition, Disclosure and Black LGBT Views on Civil Rights and Marriage Equality

Transforming Knowledges

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