ISBN:
041556235X
,
9780415562355
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 210 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in South Asian history 10
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in South Asian History Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender and Radical Politics in India : Magic Moments of Naxalbari (1967-1975)
DDC:
303.64082095414
Keywords:
Women Social conditions 20th century
;
Women Political activity 20th century
;
History
;
Social change History 20th century
;
Women and communism History 20th century
;
Naxalite movement
;
Communism History 20th century
;
Women and communism - India - History - 20th century
;
Electronic books
;
India Politics and government 1947-
Abstract:
The Naxalbari movement marks a significant moment in the postcolonial history of India. Beginning as an armed peasant uprising in 1967 under the leadership of radical communists, the movement was inspired by the Marxist-Leninist theory of revolution and involved a significant section of the contemporary youth from diverse social strata with a vision of people's revolution. It inspired similar radical movements in other South Asian countries such as Nepal. Arguing that the history and memory of the Naxalbari movement is fraught with varied gendered experiences of political motivation, revolutio
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: In search of the definition of Naxalbari; 2 Through the looking glass of gender; 3 Multiple patriarchies: Politics, power and masculinity; 4 Speaking silence: Continuous politics and discrete memory; 5 Acts of agency: Political activism and identity in women's words; 6 Weapons and wounds: The discourse of violence; 7 Conclusion: Third World, second sex: sisterhood of resistance; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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