Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Models of Women's Activism in India - Couverture souple

Basu, Amrita

 
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Synopsis

Drawing on case studies of the Communist Party of India in West Bengal and Shramik Sangathana in Maharashtra, this work examines Indian women's political activism. Investigating institutional changes at the state level and protest at the village level, Amrita Basu traces the paths of two kinds of political activism among these women. With insights gleaned from extensive interviews with activists, government officials, and ordinary men and women, she finds that militancy has been fueled by pronounced sexual class cleavages combined with potentially rancorous ethnic division.

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À propos de l?auteur

Amrita Basu is Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College.

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