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PrefaceInuoduction
Contents
Section I: Western Feminism and Its Canonical Texts1. Mary
Wollstonecr.lft and Rousseau;
Discourse and Counter-discourse on Feminism
XlIJ
Dr Sudeslma Chakravarti 32. The Scientific Discourse on Women in
the 19'" Century:
The Darwinian Pat3digm and BeyondApama MandaI 21
3. Subjt(fion ofWomell by John Stuart Millin the Light of the
19'" Cennuy Utilitarian PhilosophyAmab Bhattatharya 36
4. 'Killing the Angel in the House':Virgini:l WooIPs A R.ocI11
ofOllt's OWII 3nd 71lrtt CuineasRu41tlilQ DlltttJ 64
5. Simone de Beauvoir's TIlt &roml St.r.An Analytical
ExpositionSU'4/; Gilos/l 81
6. Sexual Politics lnd Kate MillettDr I"drani Deb
7. Before the Beginning was Mother?Julia Kristeva's Poetics of
the Matenul Fem.inineChandrryet> Niyogi
Section II: Indian Feminist Writings1. 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 ProjectsApama Malldal
2. SignifiClnt MO ..."es: UrV":lShi Butalia's Contributionto the
Women's Movement in IndiaAI/il/dra Bhattadzarya
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107
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x The Gendered India: Feminism and the Indian Gender Reality3.
The Indian Woman in Imperial FeminUE Discourse
}tHnitftr Dkh,4. Chandn Talpade Mohanty's Theorisation ofThird
World F e m i n i ~ m : A Critical Appreciation
158
Rim &n Qumdlmri 165Section III: Gender Perspective in Indian
Cultural Texts1. The Image of Indian Women in the Ancient Hindu
Texts:
A Selective StudyDr KarlStav O//lkrobort)' 1832. Female Voices
in the Love Poems ofTamil Sangam Poetry
Amab Bhatltrc/Jaryn 2053. Exploring the Canon:
A Study of PostcolonialWomen Novelists in HindiDr Shruti Pandey
243
4. Contesting the Issue of Female Agency and Activism:A Study of
Select N.:uo.tives on CommurulViolenceSUMll jat l l l Choudhury
265
5. "A Doll's .House"- A Critique ofGyno-centric World in
Revoltin Vij2Y Tendulkar's KamalaDr Nielli SaluI 278
6. The Passive Self: A CompaT3tive Study ofGender
Discr.:iminationin Mahesh Dattani's Tara and Girish Karnad's
YayatiAll/rita Ghosh 284
7. Exploring the Space ofProfessional Women in Indian CinemaDr
Mimi BMltocharya 2968. Propagating Stereotypes ofWomen in
Tndian.Tdevision CommercialsDr Rllmpa DIU 313
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