South Asian feminisms : negotiating new terrains
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South Asian feminisms : negotiating new terrains
（Feminist review, 91）
Palgrave Macmillan, c2009
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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