SOCIO-ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION IN BAMA’S KARUKKU AND MIRIAM TILALI’S MURIEL AT METROPOLITAN

Authors

  • Dr. T. DEIVASIGAMANI Assistant Professor of English, Department of English, Annamalai University

Abstract

Most of the writing of the blacks in South Africa and Dalits in India falls into the genre of resistance literature. They contain an analysis of social problems like Racism, Castism, Inequality, Repression, and Exploitation. Thus, the writings of Bama and Miriam Tlali become a verbal exposure of the human document to help society to transform and transcribe its ways. In their crusade for social justice, they not only portray their hopes and aspirations, but also their fight for survival. An obvious documentation of the marginalized in the writings of Bama and Tlali about the Socio economic status of Dalits and Blacks brings out the enigma of depravity and exploitation in terms of shelter, religion, land ownership, education, and employment. Though they are aborigines, they still lack the basic necessities such as food and shelter. This paper reveals that the decentralization of Indian Dalits and the South African Blacks has social, political, and economic challenges that they face in their day to day survival.It also focuses on how Dalits and Blacks are thrown into the bottom of the mainstream society and how they suffer from economic depravity.

References

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Published

15-06-2017

How to Cite

Dr. T. DEIVASIGAMANI. (2017). SOCIO-ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION IN BAMA’S KARUKKU AND MIRIAM TILALI’S MURIEL AT METROPOLITAN. International Education and Research Journal (IERJ), 3(6). Retrieved from https://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/1155