[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 4 | January 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

The Department of English, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune (India) is organizing a two-day International Conference at Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune, India from 13th and 14th February, 2015.

About the conference: Marginalization and Indian English Literature

Marginalization is social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society. It is a term used widely in the United Kingdom and Europe, and was first used in France. It is used across disciplines including education, sociology, psychology, politics and economics. It is also called social exclusion.

Social exclusion is the process in which individuals or entire communities of people are systematically blocked from rights, opportunities and resources that are normally available to members of society and which are key to social integration.

The resulting alienation or disenfranchisement is often connected to a person’s social class, education status, relationships in childhood and living standards. It also applies in varying degrees to people with a disability, minorities, fair sex, to the elderly, and to youth. Anyone who deviates in any perceived way from the norm of a population may become subject to coarse or subtle forms of social exclusion.

The outcome of social exclusion is that affected individuals or communities are prevented from participating fully in the economic, social, and political life of the society in which they live. Material deprivation is the most common result of this exclusion. Ensuing poverty, emotional and psychological trauma, and its resulting diseases may result in catastrophic damage to lives, health, and psyche. (more…)