South Asian Feminisms

by Ritty A Lukose and Ania Loomba

Book Overview

During the past forty years, South Asia has been the location and the focus of dynamic, important feminist scholarship and activism. In this collection of essays, prominent feminist scholars and activists build on that work to confront pressing new challenges for feminist theorizing and practice. Examining recent feminist interventions in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, they address feminist responses to religious fundamentalism and secularism;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082235179X
• ISBN13: 9780822351795
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"