Signposts: Gender Issues in Post-independence IndiaThe essays in this volume map the concerns of gender onto the terrain of nation, finding significant connections, disjunctions, and tensions between them. Contributors explore gender as a point of crisis in the cultural, social, and political space of a nation. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Virgin Mother Beloved Other | 17 |
Thinking About the New Indian Middle Class | 57 |
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