The Indian ladies' magazine, 1901-1938 : from Raj and Swaraj / Deborah Anna Logan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Logan, Deborah Anna, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian ladies' magazine (Madras, India).

Sattaianadhan, Kamala.

Women's periodicals, English--India--History--20th century.

Women's periodicals, English.

Women--India--Social life and customs--20th century.

Women.

Manners and customs.

History.

India.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Copublished by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2017]

Summary:

This book examines the varied influences on and accomplishments of The Indian Ladies' Magazine, the first Indian magazine established and edited by an Indian woman Kamala Satthianadhan, in English, written and produced by women, for women. Influences include Victorian, Edwardian, and modern British literature and culture, as well as traditional Indian literature and culture, during the late colonial, pre-independence period. More than a literary journal, this publication also addressed social reforms from "ladies' philanthropy" to "women's mission to women"; the emergence of Indian "identity politics" in response to the nationalist and independence movements; the Indian Woman Question in the context of female education debates and shifting concepts of "womanliness"; cultural exchanges recorded by Indian travelers to America; and the emergence of Indian nationalism, between World Wars I and II, leading to independence. As one of many texts articulating Indian identity politics, this publication recorded and participated in the most pivotal moment in modern Indian history and did so by appealing to both conservative and progressive sociopolitical groups of the era. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Kamala Satthianadhan and The Indian ladies' magazine

Women's periodicals, West and East

ILM and literary criticism

ILM and the life literary

ILM and women's social activism

ILM and Indian identity politics

ILM and the Indian woman question

America, the superlative and the jewel in the crown

Mothering India

Conclusion: end of The Indian ladies' magazine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Logan, Deborah Anna, 1951- author. Indian ladies' magazine, 1901-1938

ISBN:

9781611462210

1611462215

OCLC:

999401033