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Appropriating Gender: Women's Activism and Politicized Religion in South Asia

Appropriating Gender: Women's Activism and Politicized Religion in South Asia

Jeffery, Patricia
Basu, Amrita

Paperback

Series: Zones of Religion

General Eastern ReligionsGeneral Gender StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0415918669
ISBN13: 9780415918664
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 26 1997
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.18 Depth: 9.13
Language: English
Appropriating 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.

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