Of property and propriety : the role of gender and class in imperialism and nationalism / edited by Himani Bannerji, Shahrzad Mojab, and Judith Whitehead.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Bannerji, Himani, editor.
• Mojab, Shahrzad, editor.
• Whitehead, Judith, editor.

Series:

• Anthropological horizons ; 21.
• Anthropological Horizons ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Nationalism and feminism.
• Sex role--Political aspects.

Genre:

• Livres numeriques.
• e-books.
• Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This collection of essays examines property relations, moral regulations pertaining to gender, and nationalism in India, Kurdistan, Ireland, and Finland. Structured around six case studies, the contributors combine an analysis of gender with a dialectical examination of class and patriarchy to reveal how these relations have become constructed in recent nationalist movements." "Offering an alternative to post-colonial and post-structuralist formulations of gender and nationalism, the volume highlights the connections and convergences in matters of property, propriety, and gender among ideologically similar nationalist movements, and shows how ideological similarities and differences need to be understood prior to analysing the gender symbolism and patriarchal relations of nationalist histories."--Book jacket.

Contents:

• Pygmalion nation : towards a critique of subaltern studies and the 'resolution of the women's question' / Himani Bannerji
• Contesting positions in nationalist ideologies in pre-independence Ireland / Dana Hearne
• Conflicting loyalties : nationalism and gender relations in Kurdistan / Shahrzad Mojab
• Measuring women's value : continuity and change in the regulation of prostitution in Madras Presidency, 1860-1947 / Judith Whitehead
• Gender and ethnic overlap/p in the Finnish Kalevala / Kaarina Kailo
• Wifehood, widowhood, and adultery : female sexuality, surveillance, and the state in eighteenth-century Maharastra / Uma Chakravarti.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9786612028762
• 1-4426-7800-3
• 1-282-02876-6

OCLC:

666911000