ISBN:
9788132104391
,
9788132104391
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 341 p. [12] p. of plates
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Indigenous Roots of Feminism : Culture, Subjectivity and Agency
DDC:
305.420954
Keywords:
Women -- India
;
Feminism -- India
;
Class consciousness -- India
;
Gender identity -- India
;
Self -- India
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-328) and index
Abstract:
Indigenous Roots of Feminism is an exploration of the historical sources across India's composite culture that have shaped the female self. Beginning with the Upanisads, it works with several foundational texts such as the epics and their retellings, Manusmriti, Natyasastra and the literature of the Bhakti Movement in order to trace the histories of feminist questionings. The constant interweaving of literary and social texts and the tracing of both continuities and disruptions across time and space enables a perception of the way in which individual struggles have merged with collective resis
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Photographs; Preface; 1 - A People without a History?; 2 - The Body and the Soul: Epics-The Living Tradition; 3 - Working through Space: Patriarchy and Resistance; 4 - Getting Back at Men through God; 5 - The Nineteenth Century and After; 6 - Articulating the Self; 7 - Tracing the Difference; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author;
Description / Table of Contents:
epics : the living tradition -- Working through space : patriarchy and resistance -- Getting back at men through God -- The nineteenth century and after -- Articulating the self -- Tracing the difference
Note:
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