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KUMARI
JAYAWARDANE
Kumari
Jayawardane
is a well-known feminist figure in South Asia,
whose work spans across disciplines. Her works
include Feminism and Nationalism in the Third
World (1968); The Rise of the Labour Movement
in Ceylon (1972); The White Woman's Other Burden
(1995); and From Nobodies to Somebodies-The Rise
of the Colonial Bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka (2000).
Her latest book Erasure of the Euro-Asian
(Women Unlimited, 2009) is about the Euro-Asian
communities of South Asia. She is currently
teaching in the postgraduate Women's Studies
Programme at Colombo University. |