resistance, women and the everyday in colonial South Asia
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ghosh, Anindita > [ed]
- Contributor
- Prasad, Nita Verma
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- V IND 1L 2008
- Thesaurus
- weduwen, gezondheid, recht, kolonialisme, Zuid-Azië, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- This book aims at re-examining the issue of 'everyday resistance' through the lens of women's experiences in colonial South Asia. The overwhelming image of Indian women during the period is one of passivity, with the exception of some outstanding figures. The attempt in the present volume is to unearth a narrative of deeper and more enduring resistance offered by less extraordinary women in their daily lives. This collection of essays brings together unconventional sources such as women's songs, photographs, and embroidery, but equally from legal records, memoirs, and published work, to present women in far more assertive and/or subversive roles.