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South Asian Feminisms: Negotiating New Terrains

Feminist Review: Issue 91

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Overview

  • Covers contemporary feminist issues in the major nations of South Asia
  • Discusses challenges facing feminist organisation and politics in the region, relating to issues of sexuality, religion, class, caste, ethnicity and the position of women in political work
  • The issue is underpinned by a strong theoretical basis with new conceptualisations of gender and sexuality
  • Reflects a strong political engagement

Part of the book series: Feminist Review (FENREV)

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Keywords

  • chemistry
  • feminism
  • gender
  • organic chemistry
  • philosophy
  • social science
  • sociology
  • women

About this book

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.

About the authors

MANUELA CIOTTI
SRILA ROY
RUTH VANITA
AFIYA ZIA
AMINA JAMAL
SEIRA TAMANG
NIVEDITA MENON
MALATHI DE ALWIS
DINA SIDDIQI
K.R. MEENA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: South Asian Feminisms: Negotiating New Terrains

  • Book Subtitle: Feminist Review: Issue 91

  • Editors: NA NA

  • Series Title: Feminist Review

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22789-7Due: 19 March 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-83437-2

  • Series ISSN: 0141-7789

  • Series E-ISSN: 1466-4380

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 144

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