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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783357503321

Autore

Ramabai Sarasvati, Pandita, <1858-1922.>

Titolo

Pandita Ramabai's American encounter [[electronic resource] ] : the peoples of the United States (1889) / / by Pandita Ramabai ; translated and edited by Meera Kosambi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2003

ISBN

9786612071959

1-282-07195-5

0-253-10965-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KosambiMeera

Disciplina

303.48/4/092

Soggetti

Women social reformers - India - Maharashtra

United States Description and travel

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 (p. [267]-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Returning the American Gaze: Situating Pandita Ramabai's American Encounter; Preface; 1. Voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia; 2. The "Nethermost World," or Continent of America; 3. System of Government; 4. Social Conditions; 5. Domestic Conditions; 6. Education and Learning; 7. Religious Denominations and Charities; 8. The Condition of Women; 9. Commerce and Industry; Translator's/Editor's Notes; Literature Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""... [A] rare and remarkable insight into an Indian woman's take on American culture in the 19th century, refracted through her own experiences with British colonialism, Indian nationalism, and Christian culture on no less than three continents.... a fabulous resource for undergraduate teaching."" -- Antoinette Burton In the 1880's, Pandita Ramabai traveled from India to England and then to the U.S., where she spent three years immersed in the milieu of progressive social reform movements of the