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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458764103321

Autore

Sinha Roy Mallarika

Titolo

Gender and radical politics in India : magic moments of Naxalbari (1967-1975) / / Mallarika Sinha Roy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-93090-6

1-282-93034-6

9786612930348

0-203-84595-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in South Asian history ; ; 10

Disciplina

303.64082095414

320.53/2095409047

320.532095409047

Soggetti

Communism - India - History - 20th century

Naxalite movement

Social change - India - History - 20th century

Women and communism - India - History - 20th century

Women - Political activity - India - History - 20th century

Women - India - Social conditions - 20th century

Electronic books.

India Politics and government 1947-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: In search of the definition of Naxalbari; 2 Through the looking glass of gender; 3 Multiple patriarchies: Politics, power and masculinity; 4 Speaking silence: Continuous politics and discrete memory; 5 Acts of agency: Political activism and identity in women's words; 6 Weapons and wounds: The discourse of violence; 7 Conclusion: Third World, second sex: sisterhood of resistance; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Naxalbari movement marks a significant moment in the postcolonial history of India. Beginning as an armed peasant uprising in



1967 under the leadership of radical communists, the movement was inspired by the Marxist-Leninist theory of revolution and involved a significant section of the contemporary youth from diverse social strata with a vision of people's revolution. It inspired similar radical movements in other South Asian countries such as Nepal. Arguing that the history and memory of the Naxalbari movement is fraught with varied gendered experiences of political motivation,