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082			_a305.420 RAY
100			_aRay, Sangeeta
245			_aEn-gendering India _b: woman and nation in colonial and postcolonial narratives _c/ Sangeeta Ray
260			_aDurham, London _b:Duke University Press, _c2000.
300			_aviii, 198 pages _c ; 24 cm
365			_b1984
505			_aGender and nation : woman warriors in Chatterjee's Devi Chaudhurani and Anandamath -- Woman as "suttee" : the construction of India in three Victorian narratives -- Woman as nation and a nation of women : Tagore's The home and the world and Hossain's Sultana's dream -- New women, new nations : writing the partition in Desai's Clear light of day and Sidhwa's Cracking India.
520			_aOffers an interpretation of the role that gender played in defining the Indian state during both the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing on both British and Indian literary texts - primarily novels - produced between 1857 and 1947, this title examines representations of 'native' Indian women. Read less
650			_aSocial sciences
650			_aGroups of people
650			_aFeminism -- India -- History.
650			_aWomen -- Political activity -- India.
650			_aWomen -- India -- Social conditions.
650			_aFéminisme -- Inde -- Histoire.
650			_aFemmes -- Inde -- Conditions sociales.
650			_aFemmes dans l'hindouisme.
650			_aWomen in Hinduism.
650			_aWomen -- Social conditions.
650			_aWomen -- Political activity.
650			_aWomen -- Social conditions.
700			_aRay, Sangeeta
942			_cBOOK