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First Published: 2012
Contents
Preface
Inuoduction
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Amab Bhattatharya 4. 'Killing the Angel in the H ouse': Virgini:l WooIPs A R.ocI11 of Ollt's OWII 3nd 71lrtt Cuineas
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6. Sexual Politics lnd Kate Millett Dr I"drani Deb 7. Before the Beginning was Mother? Julia Kristeva's Poetics of the Matenul Fem.inine Chandrryet> Niyogi
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2. SignifiClnt MO . ."es: UrV":lShi Butalia's Contribution to the Women's Movement in India AI/il/dra Bhattadzarya
141
3. The Indian Woman in Imperial FeminUE Discourse }tHnitftr Dkh, 4. Chandn Talpade Mohanty's Theorisation ofThird World A Critical Appreciation Rim &n Qumdlmri
Femini~m:
158
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Choudhury
265
5. "A Doll's .House"- A Critique of Gyno-centric World in Revolt in Vij2Y Tendulkar's Kamala Dr Nielli SaluI 278
6. The Passive Self: A CompaT3tive Study of Gender Discr.:imination in Mahesh Dattani's Tara and Girish Karnad's Yayati All/rita Ghosh 7. Exploring the Space of Professional Women in Indian Cinema Dr Mimi BMltocharya
284
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9 . <lSi/silo Yeh Chahal Ka ... " Negotiating Identities and the Female Gaze in Three Bollywood Screen DevdlUes
Pradipta Mrlkhcjtt 328
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Index
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