Invented identities : the interplay of gender, religion, and politics in India / edited by Julia Leslie, Mary McGee
- Bib ID:
- 2331150
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
- xiii, 309 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0195652932
- Series:
- SOAS studies on South Asia.
- Summary:
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"This book examines the construction of gender identities in different socio-religious contexts in the Indian subcontinent. It explores gender identities across many dimensions, regions and historical periods, touching upon, among others, the Vedas, spirit possession, caste and untouchability, religious and folk narratives, and communal violence." "This book provides a better understanding of how gender identities have been invented and valued in different historical, religious and regional contexts in India. With contributions from renowned scholars of South Asia, it is compulsory reading for those interested in gender, sociology, history and Indology."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
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- Library of Congress -- New Delhi Field Office
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2000
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