Inventing Subjects

Studies in Hegemony, Patriarchy and Colonialism

AvHimani Bannerji

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

A collection of essays written from a Marxist-Feminist perspective, 'Inventing Subjects' is a significant contribution to the field of historical sociology. The essays speak of the different ways in which social subjects and their agencies have been constructed and represented in the context of the development of colonial hegemony and socio-cultural formations in India.

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Utgivningsdatum:2002-08-01
Mått:155 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthem South Asian Studies
Antal sidor:234
Förlag:Anthem Press
ISBN:9781843310730

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Himani Bannerji is Associate Professor of Sociology at York University, Toronto, Canada, and has an active research and teaching connection with India, especially West Bengal, through the School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

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Acknowledgements; Foreword; Inventing Subject: An Introduction; Writing 'India', Doing 'Ideology': William Jones' Construction of India as an Ideological Category; Beyond the Ruling Category to What Actually Happens: Notes on James Mill's Historiography in 'The History of British India'; Age of Consent and Hegemonic Social Reform; Attired in Virtue: Discourse on Shame (lajja) and Clothing of the Gentlewoman (bhadramahila) in Colonial Bengal; Fashioning a Self: Educational Proposals for and by Women in Popular Magazines in Colonial Bengal; Re-Generation: Mothers and Daughters in Bengal's Literary Space; References; Index