South Asian feminisms : contemporary interventions

Loomba, Ania. (Added Author). Lukose, Ritty A., 1968- (Added Author).

Summary: This collection intervenes in key areas of feminist scholarship and activism in contemporary South Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, while asking how this investigation might enrich feminist theorizing and practice globally.

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ISBN: 9780822351795
ISBN: 9780822351658
ISBN: 082235179X
ISBN: 082235165X
ISBN: 9786613523723
ISBN: 9781280119699
ISBN: 9780822394990
ISBN: 6613523720
ISBN: 1280119691
ISBN: 0822394995
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 422 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:july.24 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : feminism, religion and the secular / Ania Loomba and Ritty Lukose -- From Shahbano to Kausar bano : contextualizing the "Muslim woman" within a communalized polity / Flavia Agnes -- Global discourses, situated traditions, and Muslim women's agency in Pakistan / Amina Jamal -- Martial tales, right-wing Hindu women and "history-telling" in the Bombay slums / Atreyee Sen -- Of moments, not monuments : feminism and labor activism in post-national Sri Lanka / Sonali Perera -- Feminism, migration and labor : movement building in a globalized world / Anannya Bhattacharjee -- Uncomfortable alliances : women, peace and security in Sri Lanka / Vasuki Nesiah -- Feminist politics and maternalist agonism / Malathi De Alwis -- Witnessing as feminist intervention in India-administered Kashmir / Angana Chatterji -- Transnational politics of reading and the (un)making Taslima Nasreen / Lamia Karim -- At the intersection of gender and caste : rescripting rape in Dalit feminist narratives / Laura Brueck -- Subject to sex : a small history of the Gomantak Maratha Samaj / Anjali Arondekar -- Keeping sexuality on the agenda : the sex workers' movement in Bangladesh / Firdous Azim -- Politicizing political society : mobilization among sex workers in Sonagachi, India / Toorjo Ghose -- Queering approaches to sex, gender and labor in India : examining paths to sex worker unionism / Ashwini Sukthankar -- Hecklers to power : the waning of liberal rights and challenges to feminism in India / Ratna Kapur -- A global perspective on gender : what's South Asia got to do with it? / Mrinalini Sinha.
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Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2019.
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Language Note:	English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.