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Contents
Preface
Inuoduction
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Section I: Western Feminism and Its Canonical Texts


1. Mary Wollstonecr.lft and Rousseau; Discourse and Counter-discourse on Feminism Dr Sudeslma Chakravarti 2. The Scientific Discourse on Women in the 19'" Century: The Darwinian Pat3digm and Beyond Apama MandaI
3. Subjt(fion ofWomell by John Stuart Mill

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in the Light of the 19'" Cennuy Utilitarian Philosophy

Amab Bhattatharya 4. 'Killing the Angel in the H ouse': Virgini:l WooIPs A R.ocI11 of Ollt's OWII 3nd 71lrtt Cuineas
Ru41tlilQ

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DlltttJ

64

5. Simone de Beauvoir's TIlt &roml St.r. An Analytical Exposition


SU'4/; Gilos/l

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6. Sexual Politics lnd Kate Millett Dr I"drani Deb 7. Before the Beginning was Mother? Julia Kristeva's Poetics of the Matenul Fem.inine Chandrryet> Niyogi

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Section II: Indian Feminist Writings


1. Contemplating the "Queer" at the Crossrolds of Culture, Economics and Politics: A Study ofSuparna Bhaskar-m's Made in India: Dtiolonisation, Qllm Se;lIalilies, Tralls / llatiollal Projects
Apama Malldal

131

2. SignifiClnt MO . ."es: UrV":lShi Butalia's Contribution to the Women's Movement in India AI/il/dra Bhattadzarya

141

The Gendered India: Feminism and the Indian Gender Reality

3. The Indian Woman in Imperial FeminUE Discourse }tHnitftr Dkh, 4. Chandn Talpade Mohanty's Theorisation ofThird World A Critical Appreciation Rim &n Qumdlmri
Femini~m:

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Section III: Gender Perspective in Indian Cultural Texts


1. The Image of Indian Women in the Ancient Hindu Texts: A Selective Study Dr KarlStav O//lkrobort)'
2. Female Voices in the Love Poems ofTamil Sangam Poetry Amab Bhatltrc/Jaryn

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3. Exploring the Canon:


A Study of Postcolonial Women Novelists in Hindi Dr Shruti Pandey

243

4. Contesting the Issue of Female Agency and Activism:

A Study of Select N.:uo.tives on Commurul Violence


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Choudhury

265

5. "A Doll's .House"- A Critique of Gyno-centric World in Revolt in Vij2Y Tendulkar's Kamala Dr Nielli SaluI 278
6. The Passive Self: A CompaT3tive Study of Gender Discr.:imination in Mahesh Dattani's Tara and Girish Karnad's Yayati All/rita Ghosh 7. Exploring the Space of Professional Women in Indian Cinema Dr Mimi BMltocharya

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8. Propagating Stereotypes ofWomen in Tndian.Tdevision Commercials


Dr Rllmpa DIU

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9 . <lSi/silo Yeh Chahal Ka ... " Negotiating Identities and the Female Gaze in Three Bollywood Screen DevdlUes
Pradipta Mrlkhcjtt 328

About the Authors

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Index

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