Constructions and Confrontations: Changing Representations of Women and Feminisms, East and West: Selected Essays

Feminism has proved to be a major force behind social change all over the world. yet, the very idea of introducing women's studies studies as an autonomous discipline in the university curricula faces reservation, even resistance and hostility. This particularly true of a country like India, where the education system is still suffering from a colonial hangover.

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• Authors: East-West Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Assisted by: Cristina Bacchilega (Editor), Cornelia Niekus Moore (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9780824818692
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-1869-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 481 g
• Series: Literary Studies East & West; Literary Studies East & West
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies