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VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN: New
Movements and New Theories in India
Gail Omvedt
Rs 35 Pb 1990
81-85107-28-9
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Feminism
is a concept that is almost always misunderstood.
Charged with being an “imported” “western”
idea, it is considered to be irrelevant for women
in South Asia. Why is this so? Why are feminists
considered to be rebels? Who are feminists, to begin
with? This classic basic text answers the most commonly
asked questions on feminism. |
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spite of its successful opposition to individual
cases of bride-burning, dowry-death, wife-beating,
rape and other associated atrocities against
women, feminist organisations in India have
by and large failed to provide any rigorous
theoretical framework within which ‘the
social structuring and causes of violence
against women’ can be analysed. The
usual thought pattern shaping the strategies
and tactics of women activists in India has
been unable to free itself from the clutches
of ‘traditional Marxism’ and ‘radical
feminism’. In this illuminating attempt
to overcome such conceptual anomalies Gail
Omvedt tackles the subject in her thought-provoking
pamphlet. |
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