Appropriating Gender (Zones of Religion) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415918669 ISBN 13: 9780415918664

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

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. Through a comparative South Asia perspective, Appropriating Gender explores the varied meanings and expressions of gender identity through time, by location, and according to political context.

The first work to focus on women's agency and activism within the South Asian context, Appropriating Gender is an outstanding contribution to the field of gender studies.

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia Jeffery is a sociologist with a distinguished record in the field of reproduction. Amrita Basu is a political scientist known for her research on fundamentalism in South Asia.

Review:

This volume makes a very significant contribution to a growing literature on women, gender, and right wing politics in South Asia.
–Journal of Asian Studies

Readers interested in the dynamics of religious conversion, will appreciate Huff's discerning analysis.
–Jeffrey Marlett, College of St. Rose Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Spring 1999

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0415918669
• ISBN 13: 9780415918664
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Jeffery Patricia