Women in Indian borderlands / edited by Paula Banerjee, Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury.

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9788132107804
8132107802
9781283235501
1283235501

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women in Indian borderlands.DDC classification:

305.40954/1 23

LOC classification:

HQ1742 .W66566 2011eb

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

pt. 1. West Bengal -- pt. 2. Jammu and Kashmir -- pt. 3. Northeast -- pt. 4. Voices.

Summary: Women in Indian Borderlands is an ethnographic compilation on the complex interrelationship between gender and political borders in South Asia. The book focuses on the border regions of West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India. The chapters in the book examine the stories of women whose lives are intertwined with borders, and who resist everyday violence in all its myriad forms. They show how most of the traditional efforts to make geopolitical regions more secure end up privileging a masculine definition of security that only results in feminine insecurities. These essays discuss ho.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-227) and index.

Print version record.

pt. 1. West Bengal -- pt. 2. Jammu and Kashmir -- pt. 3. Northeast -- pt. 4. Voices.

Women in Indian Borderlands is an ethnographic compilation on the complex interrelationship between gender and political borders in South Asia. The book focuses on the border regions of West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India. The chapters in the book examine the stories of women whose lives are intertwined with borders, and who resist everyday violence in all its myriad forms. They show how most of the traditional efforts to make geopolitical regions more secure end up privileging a masculine definition of security that only results in feminine insecurities. These essays discuss ho.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.