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id	eprints-11711
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institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	In this article I reflect on Gramsci’s category of the ‘‘subaltern,’’ taking into consideration recent contributions to this topic, particularly those offered by Joseph Buttigieg, Giorgio Baratta, and Marcus Green. The latter, besides presenting an eloquent critique of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s article ‘‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’’ allows me to return to Gramscian sources so as to carry out a radicalization of Gramsci’s positions with reference to the experience of ‘‘Untouchables’’/Dalits in South Asia. There is little doubt that inquiry into the ‘‘subaltern question’’ in India today cannot ignore the ‘‘Dalit question.’’ The case study referring to the Rishi-Dalits of Bangladesh accentuates still further the precarious position of these groups as subalterns, but also their aspiration to overcome subalternity.
format	Journal Article
author	Zene, Cosimo
author_facet	Zene, Cosimo
authorStr	Zene, Cosimo
author_letter	Zene, Cosimo
title	Self-Consciousness of the Dalits as 'Subalterns': Reflections on Gramsci in South Asia.
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2011
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11711/