Gemma Scott

Gender, Women and the Indian Emergency, 1975-1977

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Produktbeschreibung

India's State of Emergency (1975-1977) is one of the most controversial moments in the country's history since independence. Drawing on doctoral research and new data, this book documents the many ways in which women and gender were integral to the regime's articulation and implementation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032641638
• ISBN-10: 1032641630
• Artikelnr.: 72599495

Autorenporträt

Gemma Scott completed her AHRC funded PhD research on the Indian Emergency at Keele University in 2017. She has held fellowships at the Library of Congress (DC) and Institute for Historical Research, London. Her research interests span postcolonial Indian history and women's activism, and she currently works in International Research Development at Keele University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1
'When a child suffers the mother suffers too': the Emergency's gendered
narratives
Chapter 2
'All the minorities are with us': Representing support for the Emergency
Chapter 3
'My wife had to get sterilised': the gendered politics of population
control under the Emergency
Chapter 4
'We fought back, we retained our spaces': Women resisting the Emergency
Chapter 5
'Here in the jail it is a lot of fun': Political prisoners in Maharashtra
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography