LEADER 03278oam 2200685I 450 001 9910779703603321 005 20230803021126.0 010 $a1-138-90402-3 010 $a0-203-74187-0 010 $a1-135-00960-0 010 $a1-135-00961-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203741870 035 $a(CKB)2550000001103135 035 $a(EBL)1318946 035 $a(OCoLC)854521012 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000951121 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12447131 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000951121 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10884201 035 $a(PQKB)11233443 035 $a(OCoLC)853506052 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1318946 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1318946 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10736642 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL505641 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB132733 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001103135 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$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. 311 $a0-415-89161-2 311 $a1-299-74390-0 320 $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 $aThis book examines how South Asian women's collective agency is operationalized through civic organizations in the UK. Drawing on black feminist theory and third world feminism, it shows the complexity of political agency and its relationship to identity and subjectivity, and uses empirical research to demonstrate how women are empowered to resist domination. The historically racialized image of the South Asian woman as lacking in political agency is challenged through their long history of activism on the Indian subcontinent. The creation of ""critical spaces"" by South Asian women in the dia 410 0$aRoutledge Research in Gender and Society 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zGreat Britain 606 $aSouth Asians$zGreat Britain$xPolitics and government 606 $aFeminism$xPolitical aspects$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xRace relations 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity 615 0$aSouth Asians$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aFeminism$xPolitical aspects 676 $a305.420941 700 $aTakhar$b Shaminder.$01572297 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779703603321 996 $aGender, ethnicity, and political agency$93847122 997 $aUNINA