Kumkum Sangari

Politics of the Possible

Essays on Gender, History, Narratives, Colonial English

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A refreshing and wide-ranging approach to the study of South Asian politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 992g
• ISBN-13: 9781843310518
• ISBN-10: 1843310511
• Artikelnr.: 22088082

Autorenporträt

Kumkum Sangari teaches English at Indraprastha College, Delhi University and is presently a Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Between the lines: an introduction
Politics of the Possible: or the perils of reclassification
Of ladies, gentlemen, and the 'short-cut': or choosing unfreedom
'Not knowing, but only guessing': a modernist resolution
Figures for the 'unconscious': the pressures of description
Relating histories
Women against women
The 'amenities of domestic life'
Consent, agency, and rhetorics of incitement
Notes
Index