South Asian Feminisms: Negotiating New Terrains

Feminist Review: Issue 91
Herausgeber: Na, Na

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fascinating articles on a range of issues relating to South Asia, feminisms and women. The contributions interrogate the political, and elucidate women's participation in politics exploring the impact of religion on women's lives and the use of religion and tradition. It investigates the political intersections of feminism, ethics and violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK / Palgrave Macmillan UK
• 2009 edition
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 193mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780230227897
• ISBN-10: 0230227899
• Artikelnr.: 42431616

Autorenporträt

MANUELA CIOTTI SRILA ROY RUTH VANITA AFIYA ZIA AMINA JAMAL SEIRA TAMANG NIVEDITA MENON MALATHI DE ALWIS DINA SIDDIQI K.R. MEENA

Inhaltsangabe

Manuela Ciotti: Politics and Lower Caste Women
Srila Roy: Ethical Ambivalence of Resistant Violence
Ruth Vanita: Same-Sex Weddings, Hindu Traditions and Modern Weddings
Afiya Zia: The Reinvention of Feminism in Pakistan
Amina Jamal: Gendered Islam and Modernity in Pakistan
Seira Tamang: The Politics of Conflict and Difference or the Difference of
Conflict in Politics: the women's movement in Nepal
Nivedita Menon: Sexuality, Caste, Governmentality: Contests over 'gender'
in India.
Malathi de Alwis: Interrogating the Political: peace activism in Sri Lanka
Dina Siddiqi: Transformational Feminist Practice in the New Millenium
Plus short stories and poems from Bangladesh, India and Nepal