{"product_id":"9781911284741","title":"Father May Be an Elephant, and Mother only a Small Basket, but...","description":"Author: Gogu Shyamala\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781911284741\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tilted Axis Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Jul 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDalit feminist stories of a south Indian village that dissolve the borders of realism, allegory and political fable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young girl is sent away to school to save her from being declared the sexual property of the village's upper-caste men. The village water tank laments to a passing child. A Brahmin boy is considered 'polluted' by the touch of a Dalit girl  the same action that saved his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRendered with idiomatic vitality, humour and lightness, these stories revel in rural childhood without nostalgia or romanticism, forcing the reader to question their expectation of violence in the representation of certain lives, and of what the short story can be and do. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShifts in tone and perspective reveal relationships  between the different castes that make up a village, between an individual and the wider community, between identities and the seasonal rhythms of the land. Imbued throughout with a Dalit feminist philosophy that is above all a philosophy of life, to be lived with wit, ingenuity, and defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925007745182,"sku":"ING-9781911284741","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781911284741.jpg?v=1782957328","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781911284741","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}