Bodies that remember : women's indigenous knowledge and cosmopolitanism in South Asian poetry / Anita Anantharam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anantharam, Anita.

Series:

Gender and globalization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Asian poetry--History and criticism.

South Asian poetry.

Women and literature--South Asia.

Women and literature.

Women in literature.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

xxii, 252 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Anantharam (University of Florida) analyzes the work of four women poets from three different time periods: Kishwar Nahreed (1940- ) and Fahmida Riaz (1946- ), who are Pakistanis writing in Urdu; and Mahadevi Varma (1902-1987) and Gagan Gill (1959- ), Indians writing in Hindi. The author looks at the poets' work in the literary, political, and social contexts of their time periods, and considers the possibility of a relationship between their work and more recent political and religious movements in India and Pakistan and new understandings of identity that transcend caste, class, and religion. Rather than a chapter on each poet, chapters address common themes such as feminism, nationalism, Islamic revitalization, visionary activism, and compassion as social praxis. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Prologue: One day the girl will return

Introduction: Intervals in time, interplay of feelings: empowerment as process

Through the looking glass of poetry: grounding metaphor and illuminating women's history

"Pink in the black border": feminism, nationalism, and islamic revitalization

"One day the girl will return": compassion as social praxis

Epilogue: visionary activism: religion, metaphor, and feminist history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815632634

0815632630

OCLC:

713189574