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Gender and nation.

Van Pelt Library HQ1742 .G435 2001
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women--India--Social conditions.
Women.
India.
Social conditions.
Physical Description:
viii, 424 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
New Delhi : Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, 2001.
Summary:
Contributed articles with reference to India.
Contents:
Is the Hindu goddess a feminist? / Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
Mirabai and the spiritual economy of Bhakti / Kumkum Sangari
Gender, body, and everyday life / Meenakshi Thapan
Tradition, the family, and the state : politics of the women's movement in the eighties / Indu Agnihotri & Rajni Palriwala
Marriage, sexuality, and the female "ascetic": understanding a Hindu sect / Prem Chowdhry
Reconceptualising gender: Phule, Brahminism, and Brahmanical patriarchy / Uma Chakravarti
Gandhi, women's roles, and the freedom movement / Karuna Chanana
Construction and reconstruction of woman in Gandhi / Sujata Patel
Chitrangada, not sita: Jawaharlal Nehru's model for gender equation / Reba Som
Rural women and labour force participation / Shakti Kak.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
818761403X
OCLC:
48516956

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