Woman-As-Symbol: Intersections of Indian Nationalism, Gender, and Identity
dc.contributor.author | Rao, Shakuntala | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-11T19:08:37Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-21T13:54:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-11T19:08:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-21T13:54:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1209 | |
dc.description | Originally published in the Women's Studies International Forum: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02775395 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this article is to explore the connection between Indian nationalism and gender identity. I provide a critique of Radhakrishnan and Chatterjee's notion of the outer/inner dichotomy of Indian nationalism by stating that religion, in postcolonial India, has emerged as a discursive totality that has subsumed the politics of indigenous or inner identity more so than other rhetoric of caste, tribal, gender, and class. I provide a groundwork for this debate via the writings of Nehru and Gandhi. I conclude, through an analysis of the practices of amniocentesis and Sati, that women and their bodies have been used as representations of the conflicts surrounding national subjectivity. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Women's Studies International Forum | |
dc.subject | Communication | |
dc.subject | Media | |
dc.subject | Ethics | |
dc.title | Woman-As-Symbol: Intersections of Indian Nationalism, Gender, and Identity | |
dc.type | Article | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-07-21T13:56:23Z | |
dc.description.institution | SUNY Plattsburgh |