Behind the Veil: Resistance, Women and the Everyday in Colonial South AsiaAnindita Ghosh This book re-examines 'everyday resistance', gender and power through the lens of women's experiences in colonial South Asia. Moving away from educated and outstanding figures and drawing on a range of unconventional sources, it unearths a narrative of deep and enduring resistance offered by less extraordinary women in their daily lives. |
Contents
Womens Resistance | 21 |
Women Tell their Photographs | 58 |
Law and Faith in Nineteenthcentury | 83 |
Copyright | |
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