Historicizing Gendered Modernities in India
Chatterjee, Amitava This book shows how gender is central to our imagination and understanding of modernity. The essays in this volume unravel the complexities of modernity's relationship to femininity and the cultures of gender construction amidst the diverse manifestations of colonialism and nationalism.The essays cover varied aspects of gender identities, including the private spheres of elite women who expressed their freedom through their subversive, restric...