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• Women's Studies in India - A Reader
by Ritu Menon

Our Low Price: $49.95 USD

This comprehensive reader sets out to provide a map of the development of women’s studies and the ever expanding terrain that it has been investigating. It opens up significant issues in many arenas of thought and action based on the lives and struggles of women.   Explore Similar Items

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• Women of Pride - The Devadasi Heritage
by Lakshmi Vishwanathan

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This work studies, in depth, the devadasi tradition and its transformation into a living cultural phenomenon in the context of Hindu tradition. The book brings into focus the activities and identities of the devadasis and examines the functions and forms of the devadasi tradition.   Explore Similar Items

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• In Radha's Name - Widows and Other Women in Brindaban
by Malini Bhattacharya

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The book traces the origins of religious pilgrimage from Nabadwip of medieval Bengal to Brindaban, propelled by the popularity of the Vaishnava cult, as well as charts its metamorphosis into the NRI-sponsored pilgrim tourism of today, in the context of globalization   Explore Similar Items

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• Lifting The Veil
by Gunmeen Singh

Our Low Price: $21.20 USD

This is a valuable study to correct the stereotyped perception about the position of women in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. There is a widespread impression that women in these countries are underprivileged and treated as second class citizens. This study shows that considerable progress has been , though in varying degrees, in advancing the status of women in these countries.   Explore Similar Items

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• Justice for Women - Concerns and Expressions
by A S Anand

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Dr A S Anand, former Chief Justice of India, in his speeches had shown his concern for justice for women and in his judgments he gave an expression to those concerns. This book reviews both his concerns and expressions   Explore Similar Items

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• Disappearing Daughters - The Tragedy of Female Foeticide
by Gita Aravamudan

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‘India has historically had a deficit of women compared to most other countries, but we now live in a time when a systematic extermination of an entire gender is taking place right before our eyes In Disappearing Daughters Gita Aravamudan uses the tools of investigative reporting to expose the imperatives that drive this horrific phenomenon.This book touches our conscience’—from the Foreword by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam   Explore Similar Items

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• Goddesses And Women in the Indic Religious Tradition.
by Arvind Sharma

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Goddesses and Women in the Indic Religious Tradition goes beyond the traditional sources that lie at the basis for determining the position of goddesses and women in India.   Explore Similar Items

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• Literature And Social Reform In Colonial Orissa
by Sailabala Das

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In this pioneering volume, Sachidananda Mohanty examines rare documents and archival material of 19th century Orissa in order to underline the central role played by Sailabala Das (1875-198) vis-à-vis female education and social reforms in Orissa under the Raj.   Explore Similar Items

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• Packaging Freedom : Feminism And Popular Culture
by Ipshita Chanda

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The author suggests provocatively that it is in popular culture that the discourses of modernity, feminism and progress, all articulated by the women's movement, become lived realities. Chanda presents a survey taken of middle class women like herself who picked texts from the popular media that represented their lives and belief systems.   Explore Similar Items

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• Sati - A Historical Anthology
by Andrea Major

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This anthology explores some of the multiple meaning of sati by bringing together a wide range of both Indian and European historical sources on sati spanning many hundreds of years. The breadth and focus of this volume will make it relevant for historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and those working in the field of gender studies.   Explore Similar Items

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