Gabbilam: a Dalit epic (Record no. 57314)
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| fixed length control field | 01941 a2200229 4500 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789398257936 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 894.8271 |
| Item number | JAS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jashuva, Gurram |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Gabbilam: a Dalit epic |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Yoda Press, |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi: |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxvii, 67p.: |
| Other physical details | ill.; pbk; |
| Dimensions | 20cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes notes and index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Gurram Jashuva is considered the father of Dalit literature in Telugu. He wrote using the Sanskrit meter in classical Telugu to prove himself an equal to Brahmin pandits. In Gabbilam, Jashuva challenges the dominant Sanskrit and Telugu literary sphere by choosing the bat, known as Gabbilam in Telugu and believed to be a bad omen, as it is considered neither a bird nor an animal, to reflect the existential status of untouchables. He subverts the classic Meghaduta, and instead of using swans, parrots, peacocks, and clouds as messengers like the Savarnas, he uses the stigmatized bat, that hangs upside down in temple towers, to send his message of suffering to the god Shiva. Gabbilam presents a Dalit man as the hero and protagonist perhaps for the first time in the classical verse-epic tradition of Indian poetry, and is the earliest text to highlight the oppression, exclusion, and dehumanization of untouchables in casteist Hindu society. It occupies a pre-eminent position in the Telugu literary sphere, not just for the depiction of Dalit suffering but also for bringing the language of ordinary people into the classical medium. In its English translation for the first time, this Dalit epic can now be read and relished by a global audience.<br/><br/>https://www.amazon.in/Gabbilam-Dalit-Epic-Chinnaiah-Jangam/dp/9382579362 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Telugu poems |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Literary works |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Telugu literature |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Dalit |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social groups |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jangam, Chinnaiah |
| Relator term | Translator |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 18/11/2022 | Baroda Books | 0.00 | 894.8271 JAS | 032220 | 18/11/2022 | 1 | 399.00 | Books |
