ANTH 2108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Dalit
20 Feb 2017
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(cid:862)why i a(cid:373) (cid:374)ot a hi(cid:374)du(cid:863), ka(cid:374)cha ilaiah. Marital life of every couple based on respective childhood formations: significance between dalitbahujans and hindu=approach to kama (sexual love) Dalit couple will now about sexual desire from family members. But in narratives of dalit gods and goddesses, kama=absent. In none of the narratives does love appear as desire. Most powerful narrative is in form of gods and goddesses relations among hindu men and women: most powerful example: radha and krishna. Most restrictive brahminic families permit girls to both worship and love a patriarchal sexist god: kamasutra by vatsyayana depicts 64 acts of sexual expression. Seen as impossible in brahminic structures, thus->divine. Man-woman relationship in dalit families=different: sexual relationship never an art form. Where hindus make sex a leisure-bound divine activity. For dalit family part of production, leisure/holiday unknown. In certain castes the interactions between husband and wife=momentary. Sexual pleasure is organic need of body not heart.
