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Women, War and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971
Yasmin Saikia
81-88965-45-6,
Rs. 600 Hb
A path breaking work that sheds new light on the
relationship between nation, history and gender in
postcolonial South Asia, by not only interrogating
the making of a new nation, but simultaneously
posing a challenge to post-1971 historiography in
Bangladesh, highlighting the many 'absences' in the
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Making a Difference: Memoirs from
the Women's Movement in India
Ritu Menon (ed.)
81-88965-67-7,
Rs. 350 Pb
Twenty women who have made a critical contribution to
the women's, and women's studies, movements recall the
last quarter century of activism, taking as their starting
point the impossibility of separating the personal from the
political, or the private from the public.
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Daughter Deficit: Sex Selection in
Tamil Nadu
Sharada Srinivasan
81-88965-68-5,
Rs.595 Hb
This book is about girls who are denied the
right to live or to be born in India, and it asks
why and how such a situation has come about.
The author examines this disturbing fact from the
context of women's lives to unravel the causes of
daughter elimination, and the mechanisms which
create and sustain an environment in which this
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UnmakingWar, Remaking Men
Kathleen Barry
81-88965-71-5,Rs. 550 Hb
In Unmaking War, Remaking Men,
Kathleen Barry examines the experiences of soldiers
in training and combat as well as their victims,
through a politics of empathy. By revealing how
men's lives are made expendable for combat, she
shows how military training drives them into blinding
macho states in war, to kill without thinking,
only to suffer both trauma and loss of their own souls.
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About
Women Unlimited
Women Unlimited, a non-profit trust,
is an associate of Kali for Women, India's
first and oldest feminist press, which publishes
scholarly and academic books in the social sciences;
fiction; general interest non-fiction; books
for young adults; pamphlets and monographs;
and activist material. Women Unlimited continues
all the publishing activity of Kali for Women.
We will publish jointly with Kali, initially;
continue to explore new issues, anticipate
trends, develop new perspectives and offer
the best of feminist scholarship, activist
material and creative writing, at affordable prices.
Our authors include pioneering feminist scholars and
activists in South Asia and abroad such as Bina Agarwal,
Paola Bacchetta, Kamla Bhasin, Radhika Chopra,
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Neloufer de Mel,
Zillah Eisenstein, Rada Ivekovic, Indira Jaising,
Kumari Jayawardena, Kalpana Kannabiran,
Nighat Said Khan, Fatima Mernissi, Martha Nussbaum,
Zohra Segal, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Shahnaz Rouse,
Vandana Shiva and Romila Thapar; and the finest creative
writers including Bama, Ismat Chughtai,
Esther David, Mridula Garg, Sunetra Gupta and
Qurratulain Hyder.
Our books are co-published by Cappelan (Norway);
Neri Pozza (Italy); New Directions (US); Oxford
University Press (Pakistan); Philippe Picquier (France);
Rutgers University Press (US); Spinifex (Australia);
The Feminist Press (US); South End (US),
Zed Books (UK and US); and many others.
Our books are co-published by Cappelan (Norway);
Neri Pozza (Italy); New Directions (US);
Oxford University Press (Pakistan);
Philippe Picquier (France); Rutgers University Press (US);
Spinifex (Australia); The Feminist Press (US);
South End (US), Zed Books (UK and US); and many others.
We welcome you to our website, encourage you to explore our
Catalogue which describes several exciting new series of publications
and look forward to hearing from you with comments and queries at
womenunltd@vsnl.net & womenunltd@gmail.com
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