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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. These writings translated for the first time from the Bengali are by women who were amongst the earliest to receive a modern education and become members of a reading and writing public Women wrote on a wide variety of concerns in many journals that had come into being because of the tremendous growth of vernacular print culture These were often edited by women including some of the writers in the anthology Bharat Mahila Bharati o Balak Antahpur Mahila and Bharati to mention just a few The writers contributions helped build the image of the new educated woman self-confident opinionated transgressiveWho were these writers They came as expected from elite backgrounds most were from families that belonged to the Brahmo Samaj such as Bamasundari Devi Saratkumari Chaudhurani Hemantakumari Chaudhuri Kumudini Mitra Kamini Roy and Swarnakumari Devi and her two daughters Hiranmoyee Devi and Sarala Devi members of the family of Debendranath Tagore of Jorasanko Some were Hindus like Kailashbasini Devi Girindramohini Dasi Krishnabhabini Das and Anindita Devi Two Muslim writers of this period have also been included the remarkably erudite and pioneering Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and the lesser known Khairunnissa Khatun a social reformer in her own right No information could be found on Jagadishwari Devi or Kusumkumari Devi the former debunked the notion that tradition demanded the Hindu woman abjure wearing shoes and that if they did they were westernized and the latter argued for consensual marriage well ahead of her timeThe articles cover a whole range of social issues from womens social powerlessness which gets intertwined with the powerlessness of the colonized to the need to participate in the growing nationalist protest against the first Partition of Bengal 1905 and the ensuing Swadeshi movement The early writings speak of the home as the proper domain for women where women should strive for good domestic management The later pieces written when the fight for education is no longer an issue persuade women to enter the public domain Thus there is much interest in what would be a suitable dress to wear outside how to help women gain some financial independence how to rouse their patriotism the wish to earn a living and so on Most interesting perhaps is the manner in which perceptions of patriarchy change As these writers make their way into the elite literary world and elite politics perhaps they also discover a new role for themselves in the construction of the nation 180 pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Vinodinee Neelkanth whose life spanned most of the twentieth century (1907 1987) was in today's language an empowered woman who lived her life according to her own beliefs and convictions. Born into one of the leading reformist families of Gujarat she made bold and unconventional choices in her life and she began writing in 1928. Whereas her essays are milestones in Gujarati literature her short stories and novel focused mainly on women. Most of her journalistic writings aimed at encouraging women to speak up for themselves. Insofar as she strove to give women a sense of identity she may be regarded as a precursor of feminist literature of Gujarat. The first part of the volume is a brief biography of Vinodinee Neelkanth placing her life and writing in a historical perspective. Part two consists of translations of selected pieces of here writings from all genres giving an insight into the social change Vinodinee was attempting to bring about. The volume will be of interest not only to students and scholars of gender and feminist studies and sociology but also the general reader. 320 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Contents Introduction/Joy Deshmukh Ranadive. 1. The adjustment policy programme in India and the household/Joy Deshmukh Ranadive. 2. Structural adjustment and social sector expenditure in Indian states/K. Seeta Prabhu. 3. Women's health a view from the household/Malavika Karlekar. 4. Perspectives on gender poverty and environmental connections under economic reforms in India/Kumud Sharma. 5. The impact of the structural adjustment programme on gender and environment in India/Sumi Krishna. 6. Survey findings a photograph/Preet Rustagi Vasudha Jain and Indrani Mazumdar. 7. Conclusion/Joy Deshmukh Ranadive. Bibliography. Index. Eager to be global India's economic policymakers have accepted stabilization and structural adjustment as necessary tools of development. What does this mean for women. While gender has become increasingly important in development policies there is less awareness that policies and structural adjustment are never gender neutral. The myth of neutrality continues unchallenged while women often suffer de facto exclusion from the development process because of methods of implementation in the field. Government aid programmes requiring the consent of father or husband Green revolution facilitators who passed on expertise to men only Panchayat laws seeking to debar women with more than two children from holding office the instances are legion. Moreover there are the social expectations that women must make do with less less food less education less health care. In the era of globalization where resources for the social sector will come out of an ever shrinking common pool the burden on women to make do in the household will increase and this will jeopardize their ability to generate human resources. Globalization demands a high quality labour force but at the same time endangers the conditions that will produce such a force. In this meticulous pioneering study the contributors all well known women scholars from the fields of economics sociology education health and environment examine what happens once these macro policies affect women at the micro level within the household especially the poorer ones in urbans slums and rural villages. Joy Deshmukh Ranadive begins with an overview of structural adjustment then K. Seeta Prabhu in chapter 2 charts the decline in social sector expenditure by the state. Malavika Karlekar Kumud Sharma and Sumi Krishna in chapters 3 4 and 5 analyse the effect of this decline on the health and education sectors and on the environment. They show that coping strategies available to women invariably involve a cost in terms of increased domestic labour demanded of younger girls and women longer hours processing cheaper alternative foods and materials invisible piecework in the home which is poorly paid and marginalized. Privatization will inevitably push up the cost of health care even as it pushes low quality state services out of the market. Rationing of subsidized food through the public distribution system will decrease. This is brought out vividly in the household studies in Chapter 6 by Indrani Mazumdar Preet Rustagi and Vasudha Jain. Finally Joy Deshmukh Ranadive summarizes the book's findings in the conclusion. Policy planners and commentators who calculate the cost of globalization are rarely aware of these hidden penalties or lack hard data on them. This study aims not only to uncover the facts about the implementation of structural adjustment policies and the possible damage they can do but also to challenge the attitude that dismisses costs of this kind as incidental and place concerns over unequal gendered power equations in a central position in the discussion. 326 pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Contents: Introduction. 1. Hero-heroine. 2. Dazed, tormented, terrified. 3.Whom can I tell? How can I explain? 4. Quandary. 5. The vicious round. 6. Sarika caged. 7. Divorcee. 8. The vow. 9. The ace of trumps. 10. Drafting. 11. Hidden meanings. 12. Not confined by nature's laws. Works by Saroj Pathak. "These English translations from the Gujarati bring Saroj Pathak' s work to a wider audience, giving it the greater attention it deserves. Delving deep into the human mind, the stories depict the pitfalls of communication, the infinite possibilities of misunderstanding, of doubt and despair. At the same time they celebrate the human psyche's ability to bridge these chasms and make connections, of love, understanding, and friendship. Pathak considers the predicaments of both women and men as they grapple with the modernity that has been thrust upon them. Indeed, Pathak's interest in men as well as women characters distinguishes her from many other women novelists. "In her stories love and cruelty are closely intertwined, whether between a young loafer who tries to befriend a crippled girl with devastating results, or between an old couple, where the husband sends the wife away on a fool's errand through a misplaced concern for her. In 'The Vicious Round', a ladies tailor becomes obsessed with one of his young clients, who in turn is single-mindedly involved with a trousseau, while in 'The Ace of Trumps', a single, middle-aged working woman plots to escape from her servitude to her brother's family. "One of Gujarat's leading women writers, when Saroj Pathak died in 1989 at 110 pp.

pbk. Reflecting contemporary conflicts in India this novel set in a village in western India reveals the end of compromise based on fear which once controlled the untouchables who go all out the avenge the murder of a Dalit activist by upper castes It also reveals the changing face of gender oppression within all castes 150 pp.

Mudgett, Timothy B. Make the Fur Fly: A History of a Union Volunteer Division in the American Civil War. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: Burd Stree Press, 1997, xi, 166pp., good dust-jacket BUT with nasty moisture stain on bottom of rear panel, good blue hardcover, I see no effect of the dj stain on the cover, but the lower edge of the pages is very slightly wavy. SIGNED boldly by Timothy B. Mudgett on title page. NOTE slight damage. 9781572490840 ISBN 1572490845.

For far too long the population problem in India has been seen from the point of view of the policy and statistics of population growth attempting to control the fertility of poor women without reference to them their bodies their needs or their lives In this book a hundred women who live in Calcuttas slums talk directly about their sexual and birth control experiences As the facts and stories accumulate we get a picture of these womens lives that is frighteningly bare of choice The author asks how womens income-earning capacities as well as those of their men their status in their families and their relations with other kin affect their social and sexual autonomy How does religion influence their birth control choices Are they satisfied with the course their childbearing careers have taken Seal goes on to consider whether their interests conform to the ideals of feminist liberation How far has the movement been able to address the concerns of poor illiterate or semi-illiterate women 150 pp.

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pbk. Sabitri Roy?s trilogy Paka Dhaner Gan translated for the first time into English and abridged brings a neglected woman novelist to a wider audience A committed socialist who was critical of the Communist Party and fell foul of its patriarchy and hierarchy Roy tries to show how socialist mores could come to fruition in relationships how young women and men tried to take decisions on their own lives free from the bonds of an oppressive social hierarchyFocusing on the freedom movement the Second World War and the Tebhaga movement the peasants uprising against unjust taxes by the zamindars or landlords when the Communist Party sent many educated young men to the villages the novel provides an epic panorama of rural Bengal of the late 1930s and the 1940s Roy depicts a range of women from the educated and aware Lata and Bhadra to the less educated and more deprived villagers like Debaki and her sisters-in-law the tribal feisty women like Saraswati providing convincing portraits of what women?s lives were likeAs Tanika Sarkar writes in her Foreword Timeless patriarchal strategies of control inflict death on a widow who has sinned by drinking water on the day of the ritual fast without water and a mother suspected of illicit liaison has her baby snatched away from her at the same time the same families and the same milieus witness unexpected female resistance defiance new resources for self-making 388 pp.

pbk. Social justice is a resounding cry after sixty years of independence Dalits form about one-sixth of the population of India and still face severe social economic and political oppression The reservation policy on education job quotas and electoral constituencies have ensured that Dalits would gain and become ?equal? to others over time Today the augmentation of the quotas in higher education is again a response to the call of increasing social justiceIntroducing the reader to issues in current politics simply and succinctly Puniyani argues that the public rage against the liberation of Dalits hides the discomfort felt at the liberation of women; indeed the real social issues of caste and gender are buried deep and deflected so that the structural hierarchy of caste and gender remains intact He argues that we need to be involved actively in the goal for greater social justice that democracy cannot be protected without supporting the common struggles of Dalits workers women and Adivasis for economic social and gender justice 250 pp.

pbk. This is how B Kesharshivam describes the quintessential experiences of the life of a dalit In the sixty years after independence many believe that much has changed for dalits The author himself born and raised in poverty in the dalit moholla of Kalol in North Gujarat passed the Gujarat Public Service Examinations to become a mamlatdar a revenue officer and finally a Class 1 officer who held many significant postings including comptroller of the household to the governor of Gujarat Yet as he says At every step in life I was made aware of being a dalitTranslated from the Gujarati original Purnasatya this is the first autobiography of a dalit in Gujarati Beginning with his life as a child who plays in the dust of the bone meal factory where he later works going on to labour with his parents in the ?cotter mill? the book presents a non-sentimental account of a childhood where friendships exist sometimes across castes and discrimination and abuse are constants The second part of his story relates to his working life his struggles on behalf of the dalits and the tribal populations against a backdrop of continuous discrimination As the author questions accepted norms and verities he forces readers to confront themselves 342 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Rural networking. 2. Reform and personhood development in policy and practice. 3. Village politics. 4. The gender of politics. 5. Gender kinship and practice. Conclusion. References. Index. The book relates the study of the political domain to that of cultural practices and considers how translocal discourses facilitate local dialogue. Tenhunen argues that the gendered understanding of politics not only limits women's political participation but also enables and shapes women's political action and critical discourses because the local concept of politics does not exclude home kinship and the women's domain. She suggests that the notions of modernity and development are not applied in local disputes because of their universality or the supremacy of the western model of modernization but because these through their local interpretations offer concepts through which the taken for granted practices can be discussed and questioned which in turn become means of awakening of turning women's personal experiences into questions of social change. 174 pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Translated for the first time into English, these 29 pieces of early writings of Malayali women (18981938)Nambutiris, Nairs, Ezhavas, Syrian Christians and two Muslimswho had access to education, reveal the vigorous debate over modern gender relations that was taking place. Women reflected on what was 'Womanly' and on education, duties, vocation and civil rolesan ongoing discussion, first influenced by reformism and later by nationalist and communist ideas. In her new Preface for this reprint, author talks of how the collection offers many genealogies for Malayali feminism, making it both local and cosmopolitan. Indeed, this genealogy enables us to address many of the challenges that mainstream feminism in India now faces, for example, that of developing intersectional analyses of patriarchal oppression. Taken together, these pieces are efforts to define, in their unique ways, 'women's perspectives' as specifically oppositional standpoints. Many are replies, rejoinders and responses to male public figures who claimed to speak on behalf of a 'general good', especially of women.

Pbk. This is the first of four readers for students of women?s studies particularly for Masters? level courses in women?s studies and more generally across undergraduate and certificate courses as the concept of ?gender? has been introduced at all levels of curricula The reader reflects many of the concerns that have come up in women?s studies across two decades This first volume focuses on some of the major economic and social debates in women?s studies; the second volume traces the trajectory of more recent theoretical shifts in the fieldContributors include the editors Nirmala Banerjee retired Professor of Economics Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta  Samita Sen School of Women?s Studies Jadavpur University and Nandita Dhawan School of Women?s Studies Jadavpur University as well as Aruna Kanchi  Manabi Majumdar Krishna Sobhan and Jeemol Unni  and Kusum Datta 306 pp.

pbk. Elaborating new theoretical perspectives on visual hegemony this book addresses the political processes of the photographic image How does photography invoke an epistemology that subtly determines the scope and limit of what can be understood said or done with images Srivatsan uses gender caste and class to serve as frames of reference for this very original and stimulating analysis He takes into consideration a range of visual material handpainted cinema hoardings the modernism of Henri Cartier-Bresson photographs in police records and the visual politics of advertising and news photographyThe photograph better than writing in a language produces a visible and recognizable entity as the author of a list of disorders The photograph brings a lustrous finish to the rowdysheets prime function the demarcation of social unrest as originating in specific individuals Order in the irresistible perspective we inherit from British rule can be envisioned only if disorder be individualized and safely contained indeed as Foucault says even produced within a manageable grid of information The Photograph on a Rowdysheet 200 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. The trauma of the partition in Eastern India is discussed explicitly in a way that has not happened before. Drawing upon interviews with women who were uprooted from old East Bengal in 1947, on diaries, memoirs and creative literature, the editors lift the 'veil of silence' that has surrounded partition. The lack of overt public discourse has meant that people outside Bengal have tended to believe that the impact was very much less on the people in the eastern region. In truth, the sufferings, the loss of life and livelihoods and of shelter were very real but of a different nature from the fast-moving horror of the Punjab. It was more like an oozing wound that seemed not to heal than a one-time severance of a limb. Seminar, Feb 2002, devoted itself to an in-depth discussion of the eastern partition, inviting Bagchi and Dasgupta to edit the issue. Many contributions have been taken from this pioneering work and many more have been added to focus on what women experienced, felt, and witnessed. Weaving together the voices of many women and incisive analysis, the book provides an invaluable discussion on displacement, rape, loss and why women pay the price. It thus traces the strenuous triumph attained in the crucible of suffering.

Examining the notions and meanings of gender power and agency this book bridges theoretical discussions with empirical studies on agency and power The rich variety of recent empirical studies on subversive activities have been inadequately theorized and conceptualized The contributors ask Does agency empower women Do cultural gender-based alternatives openly or secretly assist women in search of the freedom to voice themselves At what costs are women prepared to extend their newly acquired agency Critically examining the relationship between agency and symbolic structures the book presents the growing reality confronting Indian women.

Ravikumars irreverent collection of essays provokes and incites the reader to reconsider caste and Indian culture As a Dalit militant and a civil liberties? activist he writes incisively on caste and its discontents on Dalit militancy on Dalit intellectuals and offers a controversial critique of the Dravidian movement and its icon E V Ramasamy to mention just some of the issues 250 pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. The reader attempts to see the workings of gender in day-to-day lives, the site for complicated gender negotiations. The selection is wide ranging, including creative writing in English and translations from the other Indian languages, autobiographies, newspaper articles, theoretical pieces and visual material like advertisements and cartoons. The editors foreground differences and see how vectors like caste, class, sexuality and religion complicate the experiences of gender. The reader will open up issues for discussion and offer a different perspective without providing any neat resolutions.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Together with its companion volume 1, this is the first Reader of the fourprepared for students of womens studies, particularly for Masters levelcourses, and more generally, across undergraduate and certificate courses as the concept of gender has been introduced at all levels of curricula.Volume 2 comprises insightful essays by Kumkum Sangari, Flavia AgnesArchana Parashar, Anupama Rao, Nivedita Menon, Janaki Nair and SumiKrishna. Students will find in the two volumes problems and contexts,theoretical and historical analyses, as well as comprehensive surveys ofspecialized fields.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. This selection from Bangla writing comprises of translated short stories and poems penned by Bengali Dalit women. Until a few decades back, Bangla Dalit literature was written primarily by men who were constantly negated by the mainstream publishers. Compelled to publish their own works in forms of literary journals, little magazines, and collected anthologies; which also offered space for fellow Dalit women writers to bring out their tales. Literary Magazines run by women played a key role in encouraging more writers. Kalyani Thakur Charal and Sayatan Dasgupta have brought together the focus on gender-caste and gender-class relationships with the language of Dalit Bengali women which has been overlooked and deliberately omitted for far too long.

Zustand: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be printed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be printed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be printed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Around the middle of the nineteenth century, a social category was born in Bengal, along with a new word that named it: Lekhika or the female author.'Tanika Sarkar, Foreword These writings, translated for the first time from Bengali, form a path-breaking collection of issues that aimed at the empowerment of women and thus remain alive today. The women were the first to receive a 'modern' education and became members of the reading and writing public that hitherto was entirely male. The writers came from urban elite backgrounds, most from Brahmo Samaj families, many comparatively unknown today like Bamasundari Devi or Kumudini Mitra as well as more famous ones from the Tagore familySwarnakumari Devi and her daughters. Some were Hindus like Kailashbasini Devi and Krishnabhabini Das, among others. There are also two Muslim women writersthe brilliant Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and the social reformer Khairunnissa Khatun. The articles cover a whole range of social issues: social powerlessness, domestic management, the Swadeshi movement, what to wear outside the house when leaving seclusion, and financial independence. Writing for the new journals that came up as vernacular print media was expanding. Making their way into the literary world, the women opened up new roles for themselves and their successors.

Zustand: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be printed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.