Appropriating Gender: Women's Activism and Politicized Religion in South AsiaAppropriating 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. |
Contents
Two Reproducing the Legitimate Gommunity | 15 |
Three Re presenting Islam | 33 |
Four The Outsiders Within | 53 |
Five Gender Politics Legal Reform | 71 |
Six Woman Community and Nation | 89 |
Seven Women and Men in a Contemporary Pietist Movement | 107 |
Eight Gender Community and the Local State | 123 |
Nine The Other Side of the Discourse | 143 |
Ten Hindu Womens Activism in India | 167 |
Eleven Motherhood as a Space of Protest | 185 |
Twelve Women and Islamic Revivalism | 203 |
Thirteen Agency Activism and Agendas | 221 |
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Contributors | 269 |
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Appropriating Gender: Women's Activism and Politicized Religion in South Asia Patricia Jeffery,Amrita Basu No preview available - 1998 |
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References to this book
Feminist Futures: Re-imagining Women, Culture and Development Kum-Kum Bhavnani No preview available - 2005 |