Drishadwati Bargi
She/her.
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
364 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
Collegiate Affiliation
Drishadwati Bargi (she/hers) is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota. She is writing a dissertation on Dalit literature and cinema, where she is exploring the possibility of Socratic belonging in times of mediatized religious majoritarianism. She is particularly interested in the entanglement of philosophy, politics, and spectacle. She draws on postcolonial literary and media theorists, thinkers of anti-authoritarian politics, and post-68 French Marxist philosophy.
Her dissertation is tentatively titled Dalit visions in times of Spectacular Majoritarianism.
Educational Background
Educational Background
- M. Phil: Women's Studies, Jadavpur University
- M.A: English Literature, Jadavpur University
- B.A: English Literature, Jadavpur University
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