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dc.contributor.authorPURI, JYOTI-
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T06:02:13Z-
dc.date.available2019-02-25T06:02:13Z-
dc.date.issued2002-
dc.identifier.isbn0-203-90662-4-
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/47075-
dc.descriptionIsn’t it curious how constructs that provoke criticism can also evoke visceral sentimentality? On August 15, 1997, India celebrated 50 years of independence and sovereignty. Listening to an excerpt of Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech, the first prime minister of independent India, on the public radio channel in Boston, I was taken aback by the depth of emotions that this historic nationalist narrative triggered in me. But, on second thought, why would not Nehru’s account of the awakening of the independent Indian nation while the world slept bring a lump into my throat? After all, I am part of the generation of middle-class women who came of age amid tensions of postcolonial Indian nationalism and whose bodies and identities are infused with its contradictions. Inasmuch as these experiences of middle-class womanhood over the last three decades have inspired this book, its roots are widespread and deeply personal.-
dc.languageenen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.subjectGender identity—Indiaen_US
dc.titleWoman, Body, Desire in Post-colonial Indiaen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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