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Notable Selections A Comparison Between Women and Men - Tara Bai Shinde and the Critique of Gender Relations in Colonia by Rosalind O'Hanlon Why men don’t listen and women can’t read maps by Barbara   Sikhism and Women - History, Texts, and Experience by Doris R Jakobsh ,  Several Contributors (ProductID: 27293 ~ ISBN: 9780198060024 ~ Pub Year: 2010 ~ Pages: 372 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Oxford University Press) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $59.95 USD This collection focuses on three distinct themes—texts, conditions of Sikh women in India, and women in diasporic contexts—dealing with women's lives and religious experiences. The essays discuss the way aesthetics and religion merges in the unitary experience of the sacred in Sikh tradition. They also explore gender in Sikh theology and society.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Woman - Her History and Her Struggle for Emancipation by B S Chandrababu ,  L Thilagavathi (ProductID: 25347 ~ ISBN: 9788189909970 ~ Pub Year: 2009 ~ Pages: 624 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Bharathi Puthakalayam/IPDA) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $39.95 USD The book for the first time gives a graphic account of the women in Indian society from pre-historic down to the present day. Further it focuses on as how despite being denied rights on all fronts the few women who had the means to grab the opportunities, could prove their mettle worth on par with men.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) My Mother, My Strength by Indira Goswami ,  Several Contributors (ProductID: 24961 ~ ISBN: 8129114372 ~ Pub Year: 2009 ~ Pages: 192 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Rupa) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $17.45 USD All illustrious daughters have learnt to acknowledge and appreciate positive qualities in their mothers. Though they shared close bond with their mothers, some were not vocal about it when their mothers were alive. This book brings together personal reminiscences of their mothers by 24 eminent daughters.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Women's Studies in India - A Reader by Ritu Menon ,  Ruth Vanita ,  Several Contributors   [Translator(s)/ Editors(s)(s)] (ProductID: 24980 ~ ISBN: 9780143063773 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 657 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Penguin) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our 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.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Prostitution and Beyond - An Analysis of Sex Work in India by Rohini Sahni ,  Several Contributors (ProductID: 24742 ~ ISBN: 9780761936381 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 372 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Sage Publications) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $24.95 USD What is the diversity of perspectives on sex work in India today? This edited volume addresses this question through its sections on feminist discourse, ethnographic studies, socio-economic-legal- health frameworks and cultural reflections.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Women in Peace Politics by Paula Banerjee ,  Several Contributors (ProductID: 24697 ~ ISBN: 9780761935704 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 343 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Sage Publications) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $34.95 USD Women in Peace Politics explores the role of women as agents and visionaries of peace in South Asia. Peace is redefined to include in its fold the attempt by women to be a part of the peace making process, reworking the structural inequalities faced by them and their struggle against all forms of oppression.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Literature And Social Reform In Colonial Orissa by Sailabala Das (ProductID: 22792 ~ ISBN: 8126022981 ~ Pub Year: 2006 ~ Pages: 245 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Sahitya Akademi) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $18.20 USD 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.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Packaging Freedom : Feminism And Popular Culture by Ipshita Chanda (ProductID: 22390 ~ ISBN: 8185604606 ~ Pub Year: 2003 ~ Pages: 195 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Stree) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $38.20 USD 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.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Janani - Mothers, Daughters, Motherhood by Rinki Bhattacharya (ProductID: 19928 ~ ISBN: 076193510 ~ Pub Year: 2006 ~ Pages: 197 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Sage Publications) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $20.20 USD The book brings together autobiographical writings of women from many walks of life—noted authors, artists, academics—to share their experiences of being mothers, daughters, or both. The accounts combine memory and nostalgia in nuanced detail, making each narrative heart-warming and, at times, profoundly challenging.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Scar Tissue - 8 Lives, 8 Young Women by Nikhat Grewal (ProductID: 19947 ~ ISBN: 8188965332 ~ Pub Year: 2007 ~ Pages: 113 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Kali/Women Unlimited) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $14.20 USD The first title in the Maiden Voices Series, Scar Tissue is a moving collection of first person stories by young women, speaking candidly and bravely about their lives. These stories are not of victims but of survivors.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) The Assertive Woman by Stanlee Phelps ,  Nancy Austin (ProductID: 19955 ~ ISBN: 8179926311 ~ Pub Year: 2006 ~ Pages: 240 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Jaico) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $19.95 USD The fourth edition of this classic bestseller, revised and updated, is an original and lively self-help resource, packed with tested exercises, step-by-step guides, and solid advice on how to express yourself with co-workers, authority figures, lovers, family, and friends.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Fluid Bonds - Views on Gender and Water by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt (ProductID: 19494 ~ ISBN: 8185604703 ~ Pub Year: 2006 ~ Pages: 464 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Stree) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $44.50 USD This book deals with how do we recognize the centrality of gender as an organizing principle in the ways water in envisioned, used and managed every day at different locations and in different contexts?   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Sita Must Live - The Role of Women in Society by M Lakshmikumari (ProductID: 19087 ~ ISBN: 812071931X ~ Pub Year: 1997 ~ Pages: 90 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Sterling) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $8.00 USD This book is a compilation of select editorials penned by the author in Vivekananda Kendra’s magazine, Yuva Bharati, projecting her insights into the uniqueness of Indian womanhood, often repeated by Swami Vivekananda.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Gender & Censorship by Brinda Bose ,  Eminent Contributors (ProductID: 18421 ~ ISBN: 8188965146 ~ Pub Year: 2006 ~ Pages: 332 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Kali/Women Unlimited) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $36.00 USD The debate on censorship in India has hinged primarily on two issues-the depiction of sex in the various media, and the representation of events that could, potentially, lead to violent communal clashes. This volume traces the trajectory of debates by Indian feminists over the last 25 years around the issue of gender and censorship.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Gandhi’s Tiger and Sita’s Smile by Ruth Vanita (ProductID: 18261 ~ ISBN: 8190227254 ~ Pub Year: 2005 ~ Pages: 316 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Yoda Press) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $29.45 USD This book presents a collection of compelling essays which interrogate a variety of Indian texts and contexts along intersecting axes of gender, nation, and desire.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Top Sellers Single in the City - The independent woman's handbook by Sunny Singh Roles and Rituals of Hindu Women by Julia Leslie There Comes Papa - Colonialism and the Transformation of Matriliny in Kerala, Malabar by G Arunima It's a Mom ! What You Should Know about the Early Years of Motherhood by Shefali Tsabary Woman, War and Peace in South Asia - Beyond Victimhood to Agency by Rita Manchanda Behind Closed Doors - Domestic Violence in India by Rinki Bhattacharya What is Patriarchy? Gender Basics by Kamla Bhasin << Prev Items Next Items >>

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