{"product_id":"feminism-tradition-and-modernity","title":"Feminism, Tradition and Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Chandrakala Padia\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Chandrakala Padia\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Indian Institute of Advanced Study\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 410\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 817986023X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo major excellencies make this volume significant: its relevance and richness.  The lot of women in India today is by no means satisfactory and ways have to be found to remedy the ills.  But would it be proper to quietly acquiesce in, and follow the measures suggested by feminist writers in the West?  It is such questions which this work addresses and analyses..\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur own writers on feminism have made it very clear, with the help of both argument and well-researched evidence. But the mere diagnosis is hardly enough. We have to find ways to remedy the ills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWould it be proper to quietly acquiesce in, and follow the measures suggested by feminist writers in the West? Or do we have to look at what still saves the Indian family from utter dissolution, and turn a new to our ancient text, often misconstrued, for some sage counsel that may help us in the present? Does modernity call for a wholesale rejection of our time-honoured values? And does it make sense to impose alien modes of thought and conduct on any society without paying due heed to what has kept it up so long?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is such questions of the moment, which the present work addresses and analyses and suggestions are provided by eminent scholars from diverse fields. Political scientists, sociologists, histories, creative writers, and philosophers-all have contributed to make this work a potential academic stimulus. It may even prove to be an influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMessage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Chandrakala Padia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOBSESSION WITH THE WEST: RETRIEVING THE INDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHindu Women, Traditions and Modernity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstructing an Indian theory of Feminism: \u003cbr\u003eProblems and Potentialities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA JOURNEY THROUGH LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Feminism in India: In Search of Theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the Icons: Sita and Radha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImaging of woman in Indian Literature:\u003cbr\u003eThe Archetype, the Stereotype and the Real\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn-between: Locating tradition and Modernity \u003cbr\u003ein the works of Maitreyi Pushpa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrogyny in Search of modernity: \u003cbr\u003eFiction and Reality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePen and Needle: The Changing Metaphors of \u003cbr\u003eSelf in Autobiographies by Women in \u003cbr\u003ePost-Independence India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRe-exploring Stereotypes: A Study of Erica Jong’s \u003cbr\u003eFear of flying and Ranjinder Singh Bedi’s Lajwanti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInfidel Heteroglossia? Postmodernist Feminist \u003cbr\u003eConfigurations in Githa Hariharan’s The Art of dying \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDHARMASASTRAS: FETTERS OF FREEDOM?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to Read the Manusmrti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeminism, Tradition and Modernity:\u003cbr\u003eAn Essay in Relation to Manusmrti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOntological Status of Women in the Dharma Sastras:\u003cbr\u003eDiscrepancies between the Positive Perception and the Negative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpirituality as Panacea for Misplace Feminism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTradition \u0026amp; Modernity as Determinants of \u003cbr\u003eWomen’s Roles \u0026amp; Status: Romance \u0026amp; reality \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Therigatha: A Study in Tradition and Modernity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRAVING THE CHALLENGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvolving Traditions, Retreating Modernities:\u003cbr\u003eWomen and the Gendered Social Reality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEcofeminism: Patriarchy through the Backdoor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatriarchal Discourse-Construction and Subversion:\u003cbr\u003eA Case Study of the Nineteenth Century Maharashtra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeminist Issues: Action, Research and Women’s Studies \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeminism, Tradition and Modernity in \u003cbr\u003eRelation to the Representation of Tribal Women in Modern Indian Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Contemporary Reading of Ancient Women’s Vrata \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGandhi on Women and Liberty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Chandrakala Padia \/ Indian Institute of Advanced Study \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153565151600,"sku":"7800","price":47.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/7800.jpg?v=1793911214","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/feminism-tradition-and-modernity","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}