Indian feminisms : law, patriarchies and violence in India / Geetanjali Gangoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gangoli, Geetanjali.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--India.

Feminism.

Family violence--Law and legislation--India.

Family violence.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--India.

Women.

Sex and law--India.

Sex and law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT. : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contributing to debates on feminism, this book considers the impact made by feminists in India from the 1970's. Geetanjali Gangoli analyses campaigns on issues of violence and women's rights, and debates on ways in which feminist legal debates may be limiting for women and based on exclusionary concepts such as citizenship, and sets them within a wider analysis of the position of women within the Indian state.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 National and Local Feminisms: Different Streams within the Women's Movements; 3 Feminism and the State: Citizenship, Legislative Debates and Women's Issues; 4 The Legal Regulation of Women's Sexuality: Continuum between Civil and Criminal Laws; 5 'Custodial Rape' and Feminist Interventions; 6 The Campaign Against Domestic Violence; 7 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-143) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-58829-3

1-317-11746-8

1-317-11745-X

1-281-10374-8

9786611103743

0-7546-8348-6

9781315588292

OCLC:

476277995