Performance and Performativity of Dalit Students Politics in India

The Justice for Rohith Movement. Sprachen: Englisch. 24,0 cm / 16,1 cm / 1,3 cm ( B/H/T )
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160 Seiten
Juli 2025
Routledge

This monograph examines the significance of body, space, sound/voice/music and objects of resistance in everyday performance of Dalit student protests, focusing on the protests which erupted after Rohith Vemula, a doctoral student died, by suicide in Hyderabad Central University on 17 January 2016 in Hyderabad (India).

Malavika Priyadarshini Rao is an Assistant Professor at Christ Deemed to be University, Bangalore.

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Performing Bodily Acts of Resistance and Solidarity Chapter 3. Performing Songs as Acts of Resistance and Solidarity Chapter 4. Politics and Circulation of Performing Objects Chapter 5. Conclusion