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Feminism in India / edited by Maitrayee Chaudhuri.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Issues in contemporary Indian feminism ; 2.
- Issues in contemporary Indian feminism ; [2]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism--India.
- Feminism.
- India.
- Feminism--India--History.
- History.
- Women--India--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xlvi, 359 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Zed ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillian, [2005]
- Summary:
- This collection is an invaluable overview of the rich history of Indian feminism. It brings together the writing of prominent Indian academics and activists as they debate feminism in the context of Indian culture, society and politics, and explore its theoretical foundations in India. The inevitable association with western feminism, the status of women in colonial and independent India, and the challenges to Indian feminism posed by globalization and the Hindu Right are discussed at length. It deepens our understanding of why, despite the existence of legal and constitutional rights, women are subject to oppressive practices like dowry.
- Contents:
- Feminism : questions from the Indian context
- Some early feminist visions
- The nationalist feminist framework and some questions
- Feminism in independent India
- Challenges to feminism : globalization and Hindutva
- Indigenous "feminisms."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1842776029
- OCLC:
- 59811219
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