Feminist Theory and the Aesthetics Within : a Perspective from South Asia / Anu Aneja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aneja, Anu.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

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Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon, UK : Routledge India, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Anu Aneja is Director of the Women and Gender Studies program at George Mason University, USA. She has research interests in the areas of transnational feminist theory and aesthetics, in particular their inventive crossings across South Asia and the west. Other areas of interest include contemporary French, francophone and Indian literatures, feminist perspectives on mothering, and feminist pedagogy. She is the co-author (with Shubhangi Vaidya) of Embodying Motherhood: Perspectives from Contemporary India (2016). Her edited collections includeWomen's and Gender Studies in India: Crossings (2019) and Gender & Distance Education: Indian and International Contexts (2019). She has also published a Hindustani translation of Hélène Cixous' French play L'Indiade our l'Inde de leurs rêves. Her research articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and edited anthologies. Aneja currently serves as Area Advisor, 'Gender and Education' for the digital edition of Oxford Bibliographies, and on the Editorial Board of the Gender and Education journal. She has previously taughtin the School of Gender and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, where she served as Director, and at Ohio Wesleyan University where she was the recipient of the Rebecca Brown Professor of Literature award. She received her doctorate in Comparative Literature from Penn State University and a Bachelor's in French from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Contents:

IntroductionChapter 1: Feminist Theory and the Aesthetic Re-TurnChapter 2: Sculpting Gender and Sexuality by the IndusChapter 3: Rasa: In Dialogue with Feminist AestheticsChapter 4: The Errant Feminine of Bhakti and Sufi AestheticsChapter 5: "Speaking with Women": The Promise of the Pre-Modern Urdu GhazalChapter 6: Traveling with the Ghazal: A Transnational Feminist AestheticChapter 7: Turning Back Towards the Future: Feminist Conversations with South Asian Art

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

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Ebook version :

Print version: Aneja, Anu. Feminist Theory and the Aesthetics Within.

ISBN:

9780429286995

0429286996

9781000515879

1000515877

9781000515824

1000515826

Publisher Number:

40030998877

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