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Full Screen- Title
- Declaration
- Certificate
- Abstract
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Inchoative writers of Optimism
- Angelou and her life
- Bama and her life
- 2. The genre of literature of resistance
- Introduction: Flag of Resistance
- Resistance Theory
- Literary Resistance
- Modes of Expression
- Incurred Resistance
- 3. Indelible history
- African Tribes, American Slaves
- Black Women Writings
- Indian Natives, Insulted Outcasts
- Dalit Women Writings
- Future of Dalit Literature
- Similarity in Dissimilarity
- Blacks and Dalits
- Resistance of Blacks and Dalits
- 4. Imposed oppression
- Introduction: Defining Oppression
- Oppression
- Male Tyranny and Female Agony
- Religious Oppression
- 5. Ingrained Optimism
- Introduction: Quest for Identity
- Self Examination and Self Revelation
- Self Reliance and Self Esteem
- Self Assertion and Self Identity
- 6. Beautiful Black, Dignified Dalit
- Introduction: Recapitulation
- Resistance for Empowerment
- Liberation and Celebration
- Revival and Survival
- Appendices
- Personal interview with Bama
- Telephonic interview with Bama
- Bibliography