Gendered publics : Chandraprava Saikiani and the Mahila Samitis in colonial Assam
Medhi, Hemjyoti
Gendered publics : Chandraprava Saikiani and the Mahila Samitis in colonial Assam by Hemjyoti Medhi - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2023 - xxvii, 311 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. The making of the aideo: construction of gender 2. Early women's writing, the Mahila Samitis, and the Naam Kirtan space 3. Poharir Mel! the Mahila Samitis in Assam 4. Weaving fairy tales: The Mahila Samitis and the Sipini Bhoral 5. Mukto Manuh: Chandraprava Saikiani's writings
This is a comprehensive appraisal of the relatively unexplored but highly impactful women's association, the Assam Mahila Samiti (1926) which led to one of the most remarkable women's movements in colonial India, prompting Sucheta Kripalani to call it the 'largest democratic women's association in India' during her inaugural address to the Samiti's annual conference in 1949.
9780199482900
Women - India - Assam - Social conditions
Society & culture: general
Assam Mahila Samata Society
305.42 / MED-G
Gendered publics : Chandraprava Saikiani and the Mahila Samitis in colonial Assam by Hemjyoti Medhi - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2023 - xxvii, 311 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. The making of the aideo: construction of gender 2. Early women's writing, the Mahila Samitis, and the Naam Kirtan space 3. Poharir Mel! the Mahila Samitis in Assam 4. Weaving fairy tales: The Mahila Samitis and the Sipini Bhoral 5. Mukto Manuh: Chandraprava Saikiani's writings
This is a comprehensive appraisal of the relatively unexplored but highly impactful women's association, the Assam Mahila Samiti (1926) which led to one of the most remarkable women's movements in colonial India, prompting Sucheta Kripalani to call it the 'largest democratic women's association in India' during her inaugural address to the Samiti's annual conference in 1949.
9780199482900
Women - India - Assam - Social conditions
Society & culture: general
Assam Mahila Samata Society
305.42 / MED-G