{"product_id":"body-maps-stories-of-south-asian-women","title":"Body Maps - Stories of South Asian Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Radha Chakravarty\u003cbr\u003eEminent Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Edito: Radha Chakravarty\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kali\/Zubaan\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 186\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8189884026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body as social and cultural text provides a rich site for creative experimentation in this collection of short stories by contemporary women writers of South Asia. In a world that tends to equate the body with biology, and femininity with the reproductive function, these writers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka interrogate these assumptions and reinscribe the body as a source of resistance and self-empowerment. Identity, history, myth, scientific experiment, social hierarchies, sexuality, nationalism, violence, ethics and ecology are interwoven issues for which the body in these stories becomes a powerful signifier. Together, these bodymaps chart a subversive female geography that startles with its boldly inclusive vision. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Indira Goswami, Amrita Pritam, Bhuwan Dhungana, Ismat Chughtai, Mahasweta Devi, Ambai, Yashodhara Mishra, Kunzang Choden, Kathleen Jayawardene, Manjula Padmanabhan, Selina Hossain, Asha Kardaley, Easterine Iralu, Zaheda Hina and Kamala Das. The translators include Hina Nandrajog, Manjushree Thapa, Anjana Srivastava, Lakshmi Holmstrom, Mahasweta Baxipatra, Vijita Fernando, Keerti Ramachandra, Muhammad Umar Memon, V.C. Harris and C.K. Mohamed Ummer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Offspring\u003cbr\u003e        Indira goswami\u003cbr\u003e2. Dim Light\u003cbr\u003e       Amrita Pritam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. The Bell\u003cbr\u003e       Bhuwan Dhungana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The Glower Vase\u003cbr\u003e       Ismat Chughtai \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Sindhubala\u003cbr\u003e       Mahasweta Devi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Once Again\u003cbr\u003e       Ambai\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. A Matter of Choice\u003cbr\u003e       Yashodhara Misra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. The Photographs\u003cbr\u003e       Kunzang Choden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Fire\u003cbr\u003e       Kathleen Jayawardene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Unfaithful Servants\u003cbr\u003e        Manjula Padmanabhan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Double war\u003cbr\u003e         Selina Hossain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Abyss\u003cbr\u003e         Asha Kardaley\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e13. The Man Who become a Bear\u003cbr\u003e          Easterine Iralu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Achilles’ Heel\u003cbr\u003e         Zaheda Hina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. The Sandal Trees\u003cbr\u003e          Kamala Das\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Radha Chakravarty \/ Kali\/Zubaan \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153797017968,"sku":"23466","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/23466.jpg?v=1793914231","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/body-maps-stories-of-south-asian-women","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}