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Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers

Rethinking Subjectivity

By: Radha Chakravarty

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Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers

Rethinking Subjectivity

By: Radha Chakravarty

This book attempts to deal with the problem of literary subjectivity in theory and practice. The works of six contemporary women writers — Doris Lessing, Anita Desai, Mahasweta Devi, Buchi Emecheta, Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison — are discussed as potential ways of testing and expanding the theoretical debate. A brief history of subjectivity and subject formation is reviewed in the light of the works of thinkers such as Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Raymond Williams and Stephen Greenblatt, and the work of leading feminists is also seen contributing to the debate substantially.

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1317809963

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9781317809968

Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers

Rethinking Subjectivity

By: Radha Chakravarty

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Rethinking Subjectivity

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1317809955

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Novelist Tagore

Gender and Modernity in Selected Texts

By: Radha Chakravarty

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Novelist Tagore

Gender and Modernity in Selected Texts

By: Radha Chakravarty

Rabindranath Tagore is widely regarded as a poet-philosopher and educationist, but his novels remain a relatively underexplored aspect of his oeuvre. Focusing on gender and modernity as key features of his fiction, this book charts Tagore's evolution as a novelist from self-conscious psychologizing in Chokher Bali to an engagement with nationalism in Gora and Ghare Baire (The Home and the World); a portrayal of asceticism and desire in Chaturanga (Quartet); an analysis of marriage, sexuality and change in Bengali society in Yogayog (Relationships); an effervescent fusion of social satire and literary experimentation in Shesher Kabita (Farewell Song); and an intense, dramatic study of love, politics and terrorism in Char Adhyay (Four Chapters). This study demonstrates that Tagore’s writings cannot be readily assimilated within current theoretical frameworks, and urges us to rethink the conventional oppositions between tradition and modernity, masculinity and femininity, East and West, and local and global. Addressing a major gap in the field, the book reconstructs Tagore as a novelist of eminent stature, demonstrates the range and complexity of his creative genius, his contribution to literary history and the relevance of his reflections to our times. Enriched by insights into the biographical and socio-historical contexts of his novels, this book will be of special interest to researchers, teachers and students of comparative and world literature, history, postcolonial studies and gender studies, as also to Tagore enthusiasts.

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214

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Routledge

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1134928920

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9781134928927

Music in Colonial Punjab

Courtesans, Bards, and Connoisseurs, 1800-1947

By: Radha Kapuria

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Music in Colonial Punjab

Courtesans, Bards, and Connoisseurs, 1800-1947

By: Radha Kapuria

This book offers the first social history of music in undivided Punjab (1800-1947), beginning at the Lahore court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and concluding at the Patiala royal darbar. It unearths new evidence for the centrality of female performers and classical music in a region primarily viewed as a folk music centre, featuring a range of musicians and dancers -from 'mirasis' (bards) and 'kalawants' (elite musicians), to 'kanjris' (subaltern female performers) and 'tawaifs' (courtesans). A central theme is the rise of new musical publics shaped by the anglicized Punjabi middle classes, and British colonialists' response to Punjab's performing communities. The book reveals a diverse connoisseurship for music with insights from history, ethnomusicology, and geography on an activity that still unites a region now divided between India and Pakistan.

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417

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Oxford University Press

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0192867342

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The History of Doing

An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990

By: Radha Kumar

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The History of Doing

An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990

By: Radha Kumar

A thematic history of the women’s movement in India both before and after independence, this book covers the period from the nineteenth century to the present day. It looks at how women’s issues were raised, initially by men and as part of the movements for social reform, and then with the involvement of women in the nationalist movement, by women themselves. Using photographs, old and new documents, excerpts from letters, books and informal writings, the author documents the growing involvement of women and the formation of the early women’s organizations; she examines the foregrounding of the 'women’s issue’ during the reform and nationalist movements and its subsequent disappearance from the agenda of public debate until the post independence period of the Sixties and Seventies when it surfaces again. Key questions raised are regarding the nature of the contemporary movement, the kinds of issues (such as rape, dowry, environment, work, health) it has taken up, its directions and perspectives, its differences from western movements, the role of autonomous women's organizations and their relationship with political parties, especially those of the left. Visually rich, this book provides a wealth of information in an easily written and accessible style and should appeal to a wide cross-section of readers. Published by Zubaan.

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599

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Zubaan

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9383074817

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9789383074815

Banaras

A journey into the heart of the city

By: Radha Kumar

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Banaras

A journey into the heart of the city

By: Radha Kumar

Despite the clear danger of the rise of totalitarianism in today, this book’s aim is to look forward to the moment when democracy will be renewed in the country and ask what lessons can be learnt from past experience to anchor it more firmly when the opportunity arises. It is generally assumed that Indian democracy has had an unbroken run since Independence, with the brief disruption of the 1975–77 Emergency. While those two years saw a stark assault on democratic institutions, Indian democracy had been repeatedly punctured prior to the Emergency, and it has been threatened many times since. The country underwent almost four decades of democracy decay after the founding years of the republic, as compared to the three relatively short-lived waves of democracy renewal. That fact makes an examination of these three waves rather significant.

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454

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9357085319

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9789357085311

Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti

By: Radha Rajagopal Sloss

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Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti

By: Radha Rajagopal Sloss

For nearly half a century the charismatic, strikingly handsome spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti gathered an enormous following throughout Europe, India, Australia and North America. From the age of eighteen he was the forerunner of the type of iconoclasm that would bring immediate fame to cult figures in the late twentieth century. Yet recent biographies have left large areas of his life in mystifying darkness. This, however, is no ordinary study of Krishnamurti, for it is written by one whose earliest memories are dominated by his presence as a doting second fathertolerant of pranks and pets, playful and diligent. For over two decades in their Ojai California haven, where Aldous Huxley and other pacifists found respite during the war years,Krinsh developed his philosophical message. He also placed himself at the centre of her parents Rosalind and Rajagopals marriage. In a spirit of tenderness, fairness, objective inquiry, and no little remorse, the author traces the rise of Krishnamurti from obscurity in India by selection of the Theosophical Society to be the vehicle of a new incarnation of their world teacher. Breaking from Theosophy, Krishnamurti inspired his own following, retaining the dedication of his longtime friend Rajagopal, himself highly educated, to oversee all practicalities and the editing and publication of his writings. How this bond of trust was breached and became clouded in confusion with a new wave of devoteeism lies at the heart of this extraordinary story. So does a portrait of intense romantic intimacy and the conundrum of Krishnamurtis own complex character.

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397

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iUniverse

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1462031315

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9781462031313

Kundalini Yoga

By: Radha (Swami Sivananda),Swami Sivananda Radha

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Kundalini Yoga

By: Radha (Swami Sivananda),Swami Sivananda Radha

This is a direct path to higher conciusness. It is the process of concious cooperation with evolution. within each of us there lies a vast Potential of energy and power which, when properly understood and directed, will lead to previously unimagined heights of perception and awareness. This is a book of inspiration, and into life are given for those who wish to cooperate with evolution. Swami Radha has presented clear directions for exercises and practices.

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428

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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8120808126

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9788120808126

Ashtamahishi

The Eight Wives of Krishna

By: Radha Viswanath

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Ashtamahishi

The Eight Wives of Krishna

By: Radha Viswanath

Krishna, the eternal lover, is believed to have charmed the heart of every woman he came across and his marriage with 16,100 women is the stuff of numerous ballads that have enthralled us over ages. But who amongst them all did Krishna love? Who ruled his heart and influenced his life?

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Rupa

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9353046114

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Book's by Radha Chakravarty

Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers

Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers

Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers

Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers

Novelist Tagore

Novelist Tagore

Music in Colonial Punjab

Music in Colonial Punjab

The History of Doing

The History of Doing

Banaras

Banaras

Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti

Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti

Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini Yoga

Ashtamahishi

Ashtamahishi

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