A Review of The Trauma of Caste. A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing and Abolition

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Abstract

A review of The Trauma of Caste. A Dalit Feminist Mediation on Survivorship, Healing and Abolition

Keywords

Dalit, diaspora, caste, trauma, healing

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Author Biography

Sonia Malik, Assistant Professor

Dr. Sonia Malik has been serving as an Assistant Professor at Hindu College, Sonipat, India, since 2013. She has authored three books. Besides, her twenty-five research papers and fifteen book chapters have been published in national and international journals and edited volumes. Her earlier research primarily focused on Film and Adaptation Studies and Indian Diasporic Literature. Recently, her scholarly interests have expanded to include South Asian Studies and Dalit Literature.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/indialogs.328

Published

2025-10-19

How to Cite

Malik, S. (2025). A Review of The Trauma of Caste. A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing and Abolition. Indialogs, 12(2), 169–176. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/indialogs.328

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