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UNINA9910779703603321 |
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Autore |
Takhar Shaminder |
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Titolo |
Gender, ethnicity, and political agency : South Asian women organizing / / Shaminder Takhar |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-138-90402-3 |
0-203-74187-0 |
1-135-00960-0 |
1-135-00961-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in gender and society ; ; 35 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Political activity - Great Britain |
South Asians - Great Britain - Politics and government |
Feminism - Political aspects - Great Britain |
Great Britain Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Redefining the parameters of political activism : South Asian women 'rocking the stereotype' -- 2. Conceptualizing South Asian women's political activism through a feminist lens -- 3. Understanding historical representations : political agency, resistance and the role of discourses -- 4. Researching political agency -- 5. Race, agency and political activism -- 6. 'In the name of the father' : contours of gender relations -- 7. Conceptualizing the uneasy relationship of religion to political agency -- 8. Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines how South Asian women's collective agency is operationalized through civic organizations in the UK. Drawing on black feminist theory and third world feminism, it shows the complexity of political agency and its relationship to identity and subjectivity, and uses empirical research to demonstrate how women are empowered to resist domination. The historically racialized image of the South Asian woman as lacking in political agency is challenged through their long history of activism on the Indian subcontinent. The creation of ""critical spaces"" by South Asian women in the dia |
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