The women's movement in India has a long and rich history in which
millions of ordinary women live, work, and struggle to survive in
order to remake their family, home, and social lives. Whether
fighting for safe contraception, literacy, water, and electricity
or resisting sexual harassment, a vibrant and active women's
movement is thriving in many parts of India today.
Fields of Protest explores the political and cultural
circumstances under which groups of women organize. Starting with
Bombay and Calcutta, Raka Ray discusses the creation of "political
fields" -- structured, unequal, and socially constructed political
environments within which organizations exist, flourish, or fail.
In other words, women's organizations are not autonomous or free
agents; rather, they inherit a "field" and its accompanying social
relations, and when they act, they act in response to it and within
it. Drawing on the literature of both social movements and
feminism, Ray analyzes the striking differences between the
movements in these two cities.
Using an innovative and comparative perspective, Ray offers a
unique look at Indian activist women and adds a new dimension to
the study of women's movements on a global level.
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