Appropriating Gender: Women's Activism and Politicized Religion in South Asia

by Patricia Jeffery

Book Overview

Appropriating Gender explores the paradoxical relationship of women to religious politics in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Contrary to the hopes of feminists, many women have responded to religious nationalist appeals; contrary to the hopes of religious nationalists, they have also asserted their gender, class, caste, and religious identities; contrary to the hopes of nation states, they have often challenged state policies and practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415918669
• ISBN13: 9780415918664
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"