South Asian Women in the Diaspora (Paperback, Revised)

South Asian women have frequently been conceptualized in colonial, academic and postcolonial studies, but their very categorization is deeply problematic. This book, informed by theory and enriched by in-depth fieldwork, overturns these unhelpful categorizations and alongside broader issues of self and nation assesses how South Asian identities are 'performed'. What are the blind spots and erasures in existing studies of both race and gender? In what ways do South Asian women struggle with Orientalist constructions? How do South Asian women engage with 'indo-chic?' What dilemmas face the South Asian female scholar? With a combination of the most recent feminist perspectives on gender and the South Asian diaspora, questions of knowledge, power, space, body, aesthetics and politics are made central to this book. Building upon a range of experiences and reflecting on the actual conditions of the production of knowledge, South Asian Women in the Disapora represents a challenging contribution to any consideration of gender, race, culture and power.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Nirmal Puwar • Parvati Raghuram
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-1-85973-602-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-85973-602-5
Barcode:	9781859736029

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