| ID | 180676 |
| Title Proper | Caste-less Tamils and early print public sphere |
| Other Title Information | remembering Iyothee Thass (1845–914) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Leonard, Dickens |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Responding to the history of Dalit invisibility in print public sphere, this article explores one of the earliest Dalit articulations in print in South Asia during the colonial period. Extending studies on anti-caste thought by foregrounding the Tamil cosmopolis, this conceptualises how the most oppressed by caste engaged with print in the early twentieth century, through studying the works on and of Pandit Iyothee Thass and his movement. The article proposes that these experiments with print opened the chance of a political to emerge, which was otherwise foreclosed, towards wording a caste-less community at this earlier time in Indian history. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia Research Vol. 41, No.3; Nov 2021: p.349–368 |
| Journal Source | South Asia Research 2021-10 41, 3 |
| Key Words | Caste ; Buddhism ; Tamil ; Dalit Public Sphere ; Lyothee Thass ; Print Histories |