A space of her own : personal narratives of twelve women
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A space of her own : personal narratives of twelve women
Sage Publications, 2005
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-269)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Focusing on relationships between women of different generations in India, this book comprises of narratives demonstrating how each contributor established her own personhood through engagement with a wider kin group.
Did the women portrayed in the narratives find space for themselves within orthodox structures? Or, were they so constrained by the social roles of the greatest importance to their families - as wives and mothers - that ending these roles meant some kind of death? How did their lives mould those of the narrators of these life histories?
Showing that women need not always be seen as victims, these are stories of women who found strength, success and independence from the inspiring lives of their mothers and grandmothers.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Carolyn M Elliott
The Wind Beneath My Wings - Nabaneeta Dev Sen
A Heritage of Heresy within Tradition - Vina Mazumdar
A Daughter of Awadh - Zarina Bhatty
A Struggle for Space - Hema Sundaram
The Tyranny of Tradition - Leela Gulati
Wings Come to Those who Fly - Maithreyi Krishna Raj
The Times that are A-Changing - Priti T Desai
Uneven Earth and Open Sky - Saroja Kamakshi
Abode of Colour - Vijaya Mehta
Striking New Roots - Sushil Narulla
Matriliny within Patriliny - Jasodhara Bagchi
Three Generations of Women - Mary Roy
Afterword: The Colonised Coloniser - Arlie Hochschild
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