FORTHCOMING
Women Writing Gender: Translations from Bangla
Periodicals 1864-1947
This is one of the three readers compiled by the School of
Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University. This volume of translations from Bangla
literature explores the process of the formation of gender discourse in society
through practice. The essays were all written by women from Bengal, before the
division of Pakistan, East and West, and India. The consequences of the first
partition of Bengal, 1905, politicized religious identities and introduced some
self-consciousness that was articulated in women’s writing. Interestingly, the
first text in this collection is known as the first and only signed piece of
writing by a Muslim woman in a non-Muslim journal. These selections across time
permit us to discern the dynamics of change in positions and strategies
regarding certain issues like women’s education, child marriage, widow
remarriage, women’s seclusion, reform, self-help and work for the country. A
path-breaking collection that will enhance the audience’s understanding of
gender.
Stree
ISBN Code: 978-81-906760-5-2, approx 350 pp
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