The Scandal of the State: Women, Law, and Citizenship in Postcolonial India

by Rajeswari Sunder Rajan

Book Overview

The Scandal of the State is a revealing study of the relationship between the postcolonial, democratic Indian nation-state and Indian women's actual needs and lives. Well-known for her work combining feminist theory and postcolonial studies, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan shows how the state is central to understanding women's identities and how, reciprocally, women and "women's issues" affect the state's role and function. She argues that in India law and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822330482
• ISBN13: 9780822330486
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"