Women as subjects : South Asian histories /
edited by Nita Kumar.
- Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1994.
- 239 p. : 24 cm.
- Feminist issues : practice, politics, theory .
- Feminist issues (Charlottesville, Va.) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Nita Kumar -- 1. Gender, Violence and Power: Rajasthani Stories of Shakti / Ann Grodzins Gold -- 2. Women's Speech Genres, Kinship and Contradiction / Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 3. Between Two Worlds: Self-Construction and Self-Identity in the Writings of Three Ninteenth-Century Indian Christian Women / Leslie A. Flemming -- 4. Others Voices, Other Rooms: The View from the Zenana / Gail Minault -- 5. Killing My Heart's Desire: Education and Female Autonomy in Rural North India / Patrick Jeffery and Roger Jeffery -- 6. Gender and Politics in Garhwal /William Sax -- 7. Oranges for the Girls, or, the Half-Known Story of the Education of Girls in Twentieth-Century Banaras / Nita Kumar.
081391521X 0813915228
93044077
Women--Social conditions.--India
Women--Economic conditions.--India
Women's rights--India.
Feminism--India.
HQ1742 / .W653 1994
305.4 / WOM
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Nita Kumar -- 1. Gender, Violence and Power: Rajasthani Stories of Shakti / Ann Grodzins Gold -- 2. Women's Speech Genres, Kinship and Contradiction / Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 3. Between Two Worlds: Self-Construction and Self-Identity in the Writings of Three Ninteenth-Century Indian Christian Women / Leslie A. Flemming -- 4. Others Voices, Other Rooms: The View from the Zenana / Gail Minault -- 5. Killing My Heart's Desire: Education and Female Autonomy in Rural North India / Patrick Jeffery and Roger Jeffery -- 6. Gender and Politics in Garhwal /William Sax -- 7. Oranges for the Girls, or, the Half-Known Story of the Education of Girls in Twentieth-Century Banaras / Nita Kumar.
081391521X 0813915228
93044077
Women--Social conditions.--India
Women--Economic conditions.--India
Women's rights--India.
Feminism--India.
HQ1742 / .W653 1994
305.4 / WOM