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020			_a9780199491438
037			_cPurchased _nMathrubhumi Books,Kaloor
041			_aEnglish
082			_aFC _bPAU/PU
100			_aPaul Chirakkarode
245			_aPULAYATHARA _b/ Translated From Malayalam by Catherine Thankamma _c/ edited by Mini Krishnan
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260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2019/01/01
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500			_aThe idea of a home is at the heart of pulayathara, which is not only the first Dalit novel on record (1963) but also one of the founding texts of the Dalit Christian movement in Kerala. It opens with a near vision of thevan pulayan’s intense attachment to land; it then leads on to his displacement after decades of devoted service to his upper-caste landlord who, overnight, deprived him of both home and livelihood. Beginning with pulayathara, the br>Theme that runs through all of chirakkarode’s works is casteism in Christianity: the role of the church in the continued enslavement of the pulayar and the psychological effect it has on a people who abandon their ancestral gods to embrace the new faith. Without a doubt, the Dalit converts for physical and emotional security as well as survival. However, inevitably, disenchantment follows and the search for ‘home’ continues. Is the Dalit Christian any better off than he was before conversion.
650			_aFiction.
650			_aIndia-Kerala.
650			_aChristian fiction- Collection.
650			_aDalits.
700			_aMini Krishnan, (ed.) _aCatherine Thankamma, (tr.)
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