| Description |
ix, 377 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Issues in contemporary Indian feminism
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Issues in contemporary Indian feminism (London, England)
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| Note |
Originally published: New Delhi : Kali for Women in association with the Book Review Literary Trust, 2003, in series: Issues in contemporary Indian feminism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-373). |
| Contents |
We made history, too : women in the early untouchable liberation movement / Meenakshi Moon and Urmila Pawar -- Dalit movement and women's movements / Gabriele Dietrich -- Dalit women talk differently / Gopal Guru -- Why I am not a Hindu / Kancha Ilaiah -- A Dalit feminist standpoint / Sharmila Rege -- Untouchability and Dalit women's oppression / Bela Malik -- Dalit women's cry for liberation : "my rights are rising like the sun, will you deny this sunrise?" / Pranjali Bandhu -- Pan on fire : eight Dalit women tell their stories / Sumitra Bhave -- On a Dalit woman's testimonio / M.S.S. Pandian -- The subaltern speaks / Majid H. Siddiqi -- The women's question in the Dravidian movement c. 1925-1948 / S. Anandhi -- Reconceptualising gender : Phule, Brahmanism and Brahmanical patriarchy / Uma Chakravarti -- Periyar, women and an ethic of citizenship / V. Geetha -- Dr Ambedkar and the empowerment of women / Eleanor Zelliot -- Dalit women in western ethnography / Mary E. John -- Caste and women / Leela Dube -- Caste and gender : understanding dynamics of power and violence / Vasanth Kannabiran & Kalpana Kannabiran -- The impossible subject : caste and the gendered body / Susie Tharu -- Understanding Sirasgaon : notes towards conceptualising the role of law, caste and gender in a case of "atrocity" / Anupama Rao -- The downtrodden among the downtrodden : an interview with a Dalit agricultural labourer / Gail Omvedt -- Of land and Dalit women / Kancha Ilaiah -- Unmusical chairs / P. Sainath -- Head-loads and heartbreak / P. Sainath -- The Hindu code bill for the liberation of women / Pratima Pardeshi. |
| Subject |
Poor women -- India.
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Poor women. |
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India. |
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Dalits -- India.
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Dalits. |
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Women -- India -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Caste -- India.
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Caste. |
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Feminism -- India.
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Feminism. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
| Added Author |
Rao, Anupama.
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| Added Title |
Gender and caste |
| ISBN |
1842776002 |
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