Tradition and liberation : the Hindu tradition in the Indian women's movement
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Tradition and liberation : the Hindu tradition in the Indian women's movement
（Curzon studies in Asian religion）
Curzon, 1999
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index
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Description
The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement can restate a religious tradition. Throughout Indian society religion has been central to debate about the position of women and opposition to the women's movement has often been rationalised in terms of religion. Through a review of the speeches and writings of leading figures of the movement from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it identifies positive as well as negative representations of the tradition and its implications for women. It shows when and why the movement has chosen either to offer a traditional justification for its aims and activities or to eschew such a justification in favour of an alternative rationale.
Table of Contents
- The Hindu tradition and the Indian Women's Movement
- the "woman question" in India - reform, revival and the Hindu renaissance
- the "awakening" of Indian women - the emergence of the women's movement
- "women's uplift" - the appeal to Hindu beliefs and values
- "equal rights" - the appeal to liberal beliefs and values
- legislation and change - campaigning for women's rights
- the contemporary debate - activists, academics and the Hindu tradition
- conclusion - tradition and liberation.
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