Indigenous roots of feminism
Subtitle: culture, subjectivity and agency
By: Jasbir Jain
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9788132104391
Subjects: Class consciousness; Self; Gender identity; Feminism; Women
Description: This book is an exploration of the historical sources across India's composite culture that have shaped the female self. Beginning with the Upanisads, it works with several foundational texts such as the epics and their retellings, Manusmriti, Nātyaśastra and the literature of the Bhakti Movement in order to trace the histories of feminist questionings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: A people without a history?; title: The body and the soul : epics : the living tradition; title: Working through space : patriarchy and resistance; title: Getting back at men through God; title: The nineteenth century and after; title: Articulating the self; title: Tracing the difference.