culture, identity, and politics Narayan, Badri creator text New Delhi Thousand Oaks, Calif SAGE Publications 2006 Vol.5 monographic 186 p. : This volume explores cultural repression in India and ways in which it is overcome. It studies the burgeoning Dalit politics in North India and shows how Dalit women heroes (viranganas) of the 1857 Rebellion have emerged as symbols of Dalit assertion in Uttar Pradesh and are being used by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to build the image of its leader, Mayawati. It demonstrates how myths and memories of the role of Dalits in India's freedom struggle are employed for constructing identity and reconstructed for political mobilization. Badri Narayan. Dalits Political activity India Uttar Pradesh Women heroes Mythology Political aspects India Uttar Pradesh 305.568809542 NAR-W 9780761935377