Loomba / Lukose South Asian Feminisms

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9499-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten

This collection intervenes in key areas of feminist scholarship and activism in contemporary South Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, while asking how this investigation might enrich feminist theorizing and practice globally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loomba, Ania

Lukose, Ritty A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

South Asian Feminisms: Contemporary Interventions / Ania Loomba and Ritty A. Lukose 1

I. Feminism, Religion, and the Secular

From Shah Bano to Kausar Bano: Contextualizing the "Muslim Woman" within a Communalized Polity / Flavia Agnes 33

Global Discourses, Situated Traditions, and Muslim Women's Agency in Pakistan / Amina Jamal 54

Martial Tales, Right-Wing Hindu Women, and "History Telling" in the Bombay Slums / Atreyee Sen 75

II. Feminism, Labor, and Globalization

Of Moments, Not Monuments: Feminism and Labor Activism in Postnational Sri Lanka / Sonali Perera 97

Feminism, Migration, and Labor: Movement Building in a Globalized World / Anannya Bhattacharjee 117

III. Feminism, War, Peace

Uncomfortable Alliances: Women, Peace, and Security in Sri Lanka / Vasuki Nesiah 139

Feminist Politics and Maternalist Agonism / Malathi de Alwis 162

Witnessing as Feminist Intervention in India-Administered Kashmir / Angana P. Chatterji 181

IV. Feminism, Figuration, and the Politics of Reading and Writing

Transnational Politics of Reading and the (Un)making of Taslima Nasreen / Lamia Karim 205

At the Intersection of Gender and Caste: Rescripting Rape in Dalit Feminist Narratives / Laura Brueck 224

Subject to Sex: A Small History of the Gomantak Maratha Samaj / Anjali Arondekar 244

V. Feminism, Sex Work, and the Politics of Sexuality

Keeping Sexuality on the Agenda: The Sex Workers' Movement in Bangladesh / Firdous Azim 267

Politicizing Political Society: Mobilization among Sex Workers in Sonagachi, India / Toorjo Ghose 285

Queering Approaches to Sex, Gender, and Labor in India: Examining Paths to Sex Worker Unionism / Ashwini Sukthankar 306

VI. Feminist Crisis and Futures

Hecklers to Power? The Waning of Liberal Rights and Challenges to Feminism in India / Ratna Kapur 333

A Global Perspective on Gender: What's South Asia Got to Do with It? / Mrinalini Sinha 356

Bibliography 375

Contributors 407

Index 411

Über Autor(innen)

Ania Loomba is the Catherine Bryson Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is affiliated with the departments of Comparative Literature, South Asian Studies, Women’s Studies, and Asian-American Studies.Ritty A. Lukose is Associate Professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University.