feminism in india maitreyee chaudhuri pdf

The entire programme of the Jamayat had to resolve around a single pivot, i. The book helps provide an insight into the historical processes at work which constructed the widely and dominantly held beliefs about communities, nation state and women which form part of the stock of knowledge with which we make sense of ongoing events. Investigations into women's marginalization and exploitation in the economy, both formal and informal, in the educational process, in communication and media, and also in the political process, have turned women's studies into one of the major critics of the pattern of "development" and the choice of strategies Mazumdar, , pp. A salient feature of such movements was the call for reattainment of the past glories of Islam, to re-establish the Muslim community to its original culture and identity. Centres for women's studies set up by the Indian Government headed University Grants Commission UGC within universities have expanded greatly since the s.

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