Closet Dalithood: Traumatized Caste Performativity and the Making of an Urban Aesthetics of Caste in Yashica Dutt’s Coming Out as Dalit (2019)

• Published in: Contemporary voice of dalit
• Main Authors: Gurjar, Kunwar Nitin Pratap, Srishti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 12.05.2022
• Subjects: Dalit; queer; literature; race; urban; marginality; aesthetics

With the publication of Yashica Dutt’s (2019) Coming Out as Dalit, a clear shift in Dalit autobiographical writing tradition is becoming visible, and this article tries to capture that shift by locating it within a global discourse on marginality and discrimination. This shift enables Dutt to rebran...