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200 10$aGender, ethnicity, and political agency $eSouth Asian women organizing /$fShaminder Takhar
210  1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (256 p.)
225 0 $aRoutledge research in gender and society ;$v35
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
327   $a1. 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.
330   $aThis 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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606   $aSouth Asians$zGreat Britain$xPolitics and government
606   $aFeminism$xPolitical aspects$zGreat Britain
607   $aGreat Britain$xRace relations
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aWomen$xPolitical activity
615  0$aSouth Asians$xPolitics and government.
615  0$aFeminism$xPolitical aspects
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