Subaltern Studies

17/02/2020

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Episode Synopsis

A key movement in postcolonial studies was the 1980 intervention of the subaltern studies group. Within “subaltern studies,” a term first used by Ranajit Guha, the word “subaltern” stands as “a name for the general attribute of subordination in South Asian society whether this is expressed in terms of class, caste, age, gender and office [...]