Dalit feminist theory: a reader

Introduction: theorising Dalit feminismPART I Indian feminism vs Dalit feminism1 A critical view on intersectionality2 Problems for a contemporary theory of gender3 Indian feminism and ‘Dalit patriarchy’PART II Predecessors of Dalit feminism4 Dalit women’s agency and Phule-Ambedkarite feminism5 Ambedkarite women6 Ramabai and AmbedkarPART III Lived experience as ‘difference’7 Brahmanical nature of violence against women8 Vilifying Dalit women: epics and aesthetics9 Dalit women’s autobiographiesPART IV What difference does ‘difference’ make?10 ‘Difference’ through intersectionality11 Dalit women talk differently12 Debating Dalit differencePART V Intersectionality in India13 Why intersectionality is necessary14 The Dalit woman question15 Responses to Indian feminists’ objectionsPART VI Toward a Dalit feminist theory16 Feminist fictions: a critique of Indian feminism17 Revitalising Dalit feminism18 Dalit women’s experience: toward a Dalit feminist theory