Tamil Female Civil Space : Its Evolution and Decline in Tamil Eelam

N. Malathy

ISBN 10: 9350026228 / ISBN 13: 9789350026229

Published by Aakar Books, 2019

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Modern Feminist ideologies serve only middle class women in the developing world. The condition of the vast majority women in the developing world remains largely unchanged. Why is that? This form of modern feminism can evolve only when certain economic conditions that parallel the standard of living in western countries are met. In the de-facto state of Tamil Eelam, which was destroyed in a genocidal war in 2009, a different form of grassroots feminism was evolving. It mostly drew in women from the working class. It is a type of feminism that will truly serve the wretched of this earth. This book begins to describe both how this particular type of grassroots feminism evolved and the early success it achieved. (jacket).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tamil Female Civil Space : Its Evolution and Decline in Tamil Eelam
• Publisher: Aakar Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9350026228
• ISBN 13: 9789350026229
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Modern Feminist ideologies serve only middle class women in the developing world. The condition of the vast majority women in the developing world remains largely unchanged. Why is that? This form of modern feminism can evolve only when certain economic conditions that parallel the standard of living in western countries are met. In the de-facto state of Tamil Eelam, which was destroyed in a genocidal war in 2009, a different form of grassroots feminism was evolving. It mostly drew in women from the working class.