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Caste and Outcast (Paperback)
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Caste and Outcast (Paperback)
Series: Asian America
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A person of rare talent and broad appeal, Dhan Gopal Mukerji
(1890-1936) holds the distinction of being the first South Asian
immigrant to have a successful career in the United States as a man
of letters. As the author of two dozen published volumes of poetry,
drama, fiction, social commentary, philosophy, translations, and
children's stories, Mukerji was a pivotal figure in the
transmission and interpretation of Indian traditions to Americans
in the first several decades of the twentieth century. This reissue
of his classic autobiography "Caste and Outcast," with a new
Introduction and Afterword, seeks to revitalize interest in Mukerji
and his work and to contribute to the exploration of the South
Asian experience in America.
Originally published in 1923, this book is an exercise in both
cultural translation and cultural critique. In the first half of
the book, Mukerji draws upon his early experiences as a Bengali
Brahmin in India, hoping to convey to readers "an intimate
impression of eastern life"; the second half describes Mukerji's
coming to America and his experiences as a student, worker, and
activist in California.
Mukerji's text, written in an engaging personal style, is the kind
of ethnographic writing that seeks to render intelligible and
familiar the unfamiliar and the exotic. Gordon H. Chang's
substantial Introduction locates the story of "Caste and Outcast"
within the larger context of Mukerji's life, tracing the author's
personal history and his connections to such major figures as
Jawaharlal Nehru, M. N. Roy, Van Wyck Brooks, Roger Baldwin, and
Will Durant. The Afterword, by Purnima Mankekar and Akhil Gupta,
examines the ways in which Mukerji stretches the limits of the
autobiographical genre and provides a counternarrative to the
dominant nationalist account of American society.
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