Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: theorising Dalit feminism; Part I Indian feminism vs Dalit feminism; 1 A critical view on intersectionality; 2 Problems for a contemporary theory of gender; 3 Indian feminism and 'Dalit patriarchy'; Part II Predecessors of Dalit feminism; 4 Dalit women's agency and Phule-Ambedkarite feminism; 5 Ambedkarite women; 6 Ramabai and Ambedkar; Part III Lived experience as 'difference'; 7 Brahmanical nature of violence against women
8 Vilifying Dalit women: epics and aesthetics9 Dalit women's autobiographies; Part IV What difference does 'difference' make?; 10 'Difference' through intersectionality; 11 Dalit women talk differently; 12 Debating Dalit difference; Part V Intersectionality in India; 13 Why intersectionality is necessary; 14 The Dalit woman question; 15 Responses to Indian feminists' objections; Part VI Toward a Dalit feminist theory; 16 Feminist fictions: a critique of Indian feminism; 17 Revitalising Dalit feminism; 18 Dalit women's experience: toward a Dalit feminist theory; Index
