English Literary Studies, Women's Studies and Feminism in India

English literature has been a unique site for politicisation by feminism. Drawing on the author's involverment as a teacher in Delhi University the essay examples the trajectories of teaching literature in the classroom the kinds of contestations and transgressions that the women's movemen...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly 2008-10, Vol.43 (43), p.66-71
Main Author: Rajan, Rajeswari Sunder
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British literature
Cultural studies
Feminism
Feminist literary criticism
Feminist literary theory
Indian culture
Indian literature
Literary criticism
Literary studies
Review of Women's Studies
Womens studies
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Summary:English literature has been a unique site for politicisation by feminism. Drawing on the author's involverment as a teacher in Delhi University the essay examples the trajectories of teaching literature in the classroom the kinds of contestations and transgressions that the women's movement and women's studies initiated, and the influence of English studies across and beyond the disciplines.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846