Pandita Ramabai's American encounter : the peoples of the United States (1889)

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Pandita Ramabai's American encounter : the peoples of the United States (1889)

by Pandita Ramabai ; translated and edited by Meera Kosambi

Indiana University Press, c2003

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Yunāiṭeḍ Sṭeṭscī lokasthiti āṇi pravāsavr̥tta

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-273) and index

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"... [A] rare and remarkable insight into an Indian woman's take on American culture in the 19th century, refracted through her own experiences with British colonialism, Indian nationalism, and Christian culture on no less than three continents.... a fabulous resource for undergraduate teaching." -Antoinette Burton In the 1880s, Pandita Ramabai traveled from India to England and then to the U.S., where she spent three years immersed in the milieu of progressive social reform movements of the day. Born into a Brahmin family and widowed while still young, she converted to Christianity while in England. In India, she was an activist for the education of women and the improvement of the status of widows. Abroad, she was iconized as a champion of the "oppressed Hindu woman." The Peoples of the United States is Ramabai's comprehensive description of American life, ranging from government to economy, education to domestic activity. As an account of a Western society by an Indian woman and a feminist, it reverses the established equation of male, Orientalist travel narratives. First published in Marathi in 1889, it is offered here in an elegant and engaging English translation by Meera Kosambi, who also provides a critical introduction and extensive annotations.

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Preliminary Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction Returning the American Gaze: Situating Pandita Ramabai's American Encounter by Meera Kosambi Part II: The Peoples of the United States by Pandita Ramabai Preface 1. Voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia 2. The "Nethermost World," or Continent of America 3. System of Government 4. Social Conditions 5. Domestic Conditions 6. Education and Learning 7. Religious Denominations and Charities 8. The Condition of Women 9. Commerce and Industry

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