Real and Imagined Women: Gender, Culture and Postcolonialism [Paperback]

Rajeswari Sunder Rajan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0415085047 | ISBN-13: 978-0415085045

An essential addition to the postcolonial debate which offers a challenging mode of `reading resistance' which destroys the stereotyped and sensationalised humanist image of the `third world woman' as victim.

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Review

Applying postcolonial theory to a wide range of feminist concerns, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan expertly addresses the problems of representing sensational events like rape and sati in Indian films and the popular press, as well as explores varieties of women's writing and the nature of women's political participation in today's India. Her book is a passionate work of Indian feminism in which a sense of the past imaginatively informs contemporary analysis.
–Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University

About the Author

Rajeswari Sunder Rajan is Lecturer in English at the University of New Delhi, India.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (December 4, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415085047
• ISBN-13: 978-0415085045
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,442,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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