Feminism in India

Why is ‘feminist’ a label that some liberal emancipated women recoil from? Why isfeminism often associated with aggressivewomen who disrupt social norms andharmonious families? This book brings together the writing ofprominent Indian academics and activists asthey debate the issue in the context of Indianculture society and politics and explore thetheoretical foundations of feminism here. Theinevitability of the association with westernfeminism the status of women in colonialand independent India and the more recentchallenges to Indian feminism posed by thetide of globalisation and the upsurge of theHindu Right in Indian politics are discussedat length. This collection will be invaluableto those interested in a succinct overview ofIndian feminism.