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Gender, Ethnicity and Political Agency: South Asian Women Organizing: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

Autor Shaminder Takhar
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 iun 2013
This book examines how South Asian women’s collective agency is operationalized through civic organizations in the UK. Drawing on black feminist theory and third world feminism, it shows the complexity of political agency and its relationship to identity and subjectivity, and uses empirical research to demonstrate how women are empowered to resist domination. The historically racialized image of the South Asian woman as lacking in political agency is challenged through their long history of activism on the Indian subcontinent. The creation of "critical spaces" by South Asian women in the diaspora places them as active agents who have successfully influenced social policy on important issues such as forced marriage, domestic violence and sexuality. The engagement with the empirical data demonstrates the significance and impact of race, racism, sexism and religion on the lives of the women. The book brings to the fore the pursuit of equality, rights and justice, including multiculturalism and the often debated emancipatory role of religion.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415891615
ISBN-10: 0415891612
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Research in Gender and Society

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

1. Redefining the Parameters of Political Activism: South Asian Women "Rocking the Stereotype"  2. Conceptualizing South Asian Women’s Political Activism Through a Feminist Lens  3. Understanding Historical Representations: Political Agency, Resistance and the Role of Discourses  4. Researching Political Agency  5. "Race," Agency and Political Activism  6. "In the Name of the Father": Contours of Gender Relations  7. Conceptualizing the Uneasy Relationship of Religion to Political Agency  8. Conclusion

Descriere

Gender, Ethnicity, and Political Agency explores issues and debates around political agency, focusing on women of the South Asian diaspora, and arguing that political agency unfolds as multi-layered and as infused with contradictions, ambiguities and ambivalences. Throughout the book, the practices and experiences of political agency are shown to develop through the micro-politics of local activism and daily life.