Feminism in India

by Chaudhuri, Maitrayee

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Title Statements

Full title :Feminism in India / edited by Maitrayee Chaudhuri.

Summary

"This book brings together the writing of prominent Indian academics and activists as they debate the issue in the context of Indian culture, society and politics, and explores the theoretical foundations of feminism in India. The inevitability of the association with western feminism, the status of women in colonial and independent India, and the more recent challenges to Indian feminism posed by the tide of globalization and the upsurge of the Hindu Right in Indian politics are discussed at length." "Bridging the academic/activist, personal/political and local/global divides, this collection of feminist writing shows how the movement is part of a larger project of consolidating the liberal values of secularism and democracy. It deepens our understanding of why, despite the existence of legal and constitutional rights to prevent discrimination, women are subject to oppressive practices like dowry."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005, ©2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, Zed
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005, ©2004.

The Physical Object

Description:xlvi, 359 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1842776029, 9781842776025
oclc:ocm59811219
LC Classification:HQ1742
Dewey Decimal:305.420954

Feminism : questions from the Indian context -- Some early feminist visions -- The nationalist feminist framework and some questions -- Feminism in independent India -- Challenges to feminism : globalization and Hindutva -- Indigenous "feminisms."

Subjects

Feminism Feminism -- History. -- India Feminism -- India Feminisme Féminisme -- Histoire. -- Inde Féminisme -- Inde Feminismus Femmes -- Conditions sociales. -- Inde Frauenbewegung History India Indien Women -- Social conditions Women -- Social conditions. -- India