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Joothan: An Untouchable's Life Omprakash Valmiki
Joothan: An Untouchable's Life
Omprakash Valmiki
Presents an autobiographical account of the author's birth and upbringing as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work presents a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness.
208 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 10, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231129725 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 223 × 147 × 24 mm · 412 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Mukherjee, Arun Prabha |