APPROPRIATING GENDER by Patricia Jeffery (Editor), Amrita Basu (Editor) ( 9780415918664 )

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APPROPRIATING GENDER
WOMEN'S ACTIVISM AND POLITICIZED RELIGION IN SOUTH ASIA

By:

Patricia Jeffery (Editor), Amrita Basu (Editor)

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0415918669

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9780415918664

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

26 November, 1997

Series:

Zones of Religion

Pages:

288

Description:

A comprehensive collection of essays that examines the roles of women in fundamentalist movements, as well as the gender policies of these movements and of the South Asian states in which they operate.

Synopsis:

Appropriating Gender explores the paradoxical relationship of women to religious politics in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Contrary to the hopes of feminists, many women have responded to religious nationalist appeals; contrary to the hopes of religious nationalists, they have also asserted their gender, class, caste, and religious identities; contrary to the hopes of nation states, they have often challenged state policies and practices. Through a comparative South Asia perspective, Appropriating Gender explores the varied meanings and expressions of gender identity through time, by location, and according to political context. The first work to focus on women's agency and activism within the South Asian context, Appropriating Gender is an outstanding contribution to the field of gender studies.

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