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Travel Culture, Travel Writing and Bengali Women, 1870-1940 (Hardcover)
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Travel Culture, Travel Writing and Bengali Women, 1870-1940 (Hardcover)
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This book chronicles travel writings of Bengali women in colonial
India and explores the intersections of power, indigeneity, and the
representations of the 'self' and the 'other' in these writings. It
documents the transgressive histories of these women who stepped
out to create emancipatory identities for themselves. The book
brings together a selection of travelogues from various Bengali
women and their journeys to the West, the Aryavarta, and Japan.
These writings challenge stereotypes of the 'circumscribed native
woman' and explore the complex personal and socio-political
histories of women in colonial India. Reading these from a
feminist, postcolonial perspective, the volume highlights how these
women from different castes, class and ages confront the changing
realities of their lives in colonial India in the backdrop of the
independence movement and the second world war. The author draws
attention to the personal histories of these women, which informed
their views on education, womanhood, marriage, female autonomy,
family, and politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Engaging and insightful, this volume will be of interest to
students and researchers of literature and history, gender and
culture studies, and for general readers interested in women and
travel writing.
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