| Description |
xi, 276 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Zones of religion |
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Zones of religion.
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| Contents |
1. Appropriating Gender / Amrita Basu -- 2. Reproducing the Legitimate Community: Secularity, Sexuality, and the State in Postpartition India / Ritu Menon -- 3. (Re)presenting Islam: Manipulating Gender, Shifting State Practices, and Class Frustrations in Bangladesh / Shelley Feldman -- 4. The Outsider(s) Within: Sovereignty and Citizenship in Pakistan / Shahnaz Rouse -- 5. Gender Politics, Legal Reform, and the Muslim Community in India / Zoya Hasan -- 6. Woman, Community, and Nation: A Historical Trajectory for Hindu Identity Politics / Tanika Sarkar -- 7. Women and Men in a Contemporary Pietist Movement: The Case of the Tablighi Jama'at / Barbara D. Metcalf -- 8. Gender, Community, and the Local State in Bijnor, India / Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery -- 9. The Other Side of the Discourse: Women's Experiences of Identity, Religion, and Activism in Pakistan / Farida Shaheed -- 10. Hindu Women's Activism in India and the Questions It Raises / Amrita Basu |
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11. Motherhood as a Space of Protest: Women's Political Participation in Contemporary Sri Lanka / Malathi De Alwis -- 12. Women and Islamic Revivalism in a Bangladeshi Community / Katy Gardner -- 13. Agency, Activism, and Agendas / Patricia Jeffery |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-267) and index |
| Subject |
Religion and politics -- South Asia.
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Sex role -- South Asia.
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Women and religion -- South Asia.
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Women -- Political activity -- South Asia.
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Women -- South Asia -- Social conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
South Asia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117020
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South Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125541 -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646
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| Author |
Basu, Amrita, 1953-
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Jeffery, Patricia, 1947-
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| LC no. |
97011336 |
| ISBN |
0415918650 (hardcover) |
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0415918669 (paperback) |
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