Kumkum Roy (69 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: New. Contents: Introduction. I. Issues and perspectives: 1. The position of women in Hindu civilization: retrospect and prospect/A.S. Altekar. 2. Beyond the Altekarian paradigm: towards a new understanding of gender relations in early Indian history/Uma Chakravarti. 3. Women under primitive Buddhism: laywomen and almswomen/I.B. Horner. II. Women and the economy: 1. Proprietary rights of women in ancient India/N.N. Bhattacharyya. 2. Turmeric land: women's property rights in Tamil society since early medieval times/Kanakalatha Mukund. 3. Rural urban dichotomy in the concept and status of women: an examination (from the Mauryas to the Guptas)/Chitrarekha Gupta. 4. Aspects of women and work in early South India/Vijaya Ramaswamy. III. Socio sexual constructions of womanhood: 1. Polyandry in the Vedic period/Sarva Daman Singh. 2. Prostitution in ancient India/Sukumari Bhattacharji. 3. Woman and the sacred in ancient Tamilnadu/George L. Hart III. IV. Religious beliefs and practices: 1. Urvasi and Pururavas/D.D. Kosambi. 2. Women's patronage to temple architecture/Harihar Singh. 3. The world of the Bhaktin in South Indian traditions the body and beyond/Uma Chakravarti. Bibliography. Women in Early Indian Societies is an anthology of excerpts from the works of authors who have shaped our understanding of gender relations in early India. Also included are papers which provide fresh insights or explore alternative paradigms and possibilities. The first section focuses on the diverse issues and perspectives in women's history so as to give the reader an overview of the implicit and explicit debates and methodological strategies and problems. Section II highlights some aspects of the material context and content of gender relations especially in terms of property labour and the impact of processes such as urbanization. Section III provides samples of the socio sexual definitions of womanhood through investigations in polyandry and prostitution and also draws attention to the possibility of regional variations. The last section on religious traditions includes analyses of the Goddess cult women's patronage of religious institutions and early Bhakti movements. The volume contains an editorial introduction which contextualizes the anthology and a detailed bibliography.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First ed. xiv, 386 pages; 23 cm; bibliographical references and index. Oxford collected essays [series]. Contents: pt. 1. Towards histories of gender relations -- pt. 2. Interrogating textual traditions. On feminism in early India and its depiction in various ancient and medieval Indic literature; articles. Women -- India -- History. F?minisme -- Inde -- Histoire. Femmes -- Inde -- Histoire. 15.75 history of Asia. Feminism. Women. Sekseverschillen. Macht. Feminism -- India -- History. Women -- India -- History. Indic literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism. Named Person: B?rngen, . History. Time: To 1500 Geographic: Indic literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism. India. Indien India. Near fine in near fine light spine-sunned jacket in archival mylar.…

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Soft cover. Condition: New. Three historians. Three generations. Spanning nearly a century of work, Romila Thapar, Kumkum Roy and Preeti Gulati, reflect on their lives and their engagement with one of the most demanding, and most crucial, disciplines of our times. Personal narratives of growing up learning about history, charting new and distinct paths as researchers, the challenges of teaching meld effortlessly into a larger and complex changing context: the emergence of an independent nation, of movements that have helped shape the process, and of resistance. To what extent, the authors ask, have feminisms made a difference? Can these interventions lead to redefining or rejuvenating the discipline, transforming it into a more inclusive space where diverse voices can be acknowledged and heard with respect and understanding? These and other questions inform this accessible and lucid text.…

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Uma Chakravarti, feminist historian, teacher, and democratic rights' activist, has inspired generations of teachers, students and friends. This volume, including contributions from a handful of those who share her concerns, is a tribute to her energy, commitment and perseverance in pursuing her ideas and dreams. Is it possible to extend interventions from the classroom to the community? How do we strive towards a more integrated vision and praxis without falling into the trap of uniformity? Delving into texts ranging from the Rigveda to contemporary Dalit literature, and using diverse analytical strategies to understand present-day situations and experiences, the contributors offer insights, share concerns, and uncertainties through their essays and narratives. The themes addressed include issues of caste, nationalism, gendered identities, communalization, sexualities, socio-political relationships in all their complexities and the modes of transmission of ancient texts. The contributors include scholars/teachers who, like Uma, attempt to bridge the worlds of academics and activism, as well as young researchers who share her enthusiasm for ancient Indian history. …

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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Beyond the 'Woman Question' both revisits and interrogates some of the central tenets of the 'woman question' as it emerged in colonial India and shaped (and continues to shape) subsequent historiography. These include issues of women's access to resources, ritual 'rights', and locations within the family, primarily relating to an unmarked category of upper-caste/class women. In terms of chronology, the essays range from the mid-first millennium BCE to the turn of the first/ second millennium CE. Spatially, they deal with regions as diverse as Kashmir, and parts of north and central India. Using a wide range of sources inscriptional and visual as well as normative and narrative texts-this book contends that gender identities were not monolithic, even as elite women seem to be the most visible/accessible. The issues explored include participation in gift exchanges and their economic, social, political and cultural significance; the construction of gender identities through rituals; and the representation of gender relations in literary traditions. Collectively, the volume contributes to the growing body of historical research on gender relations in early India. …

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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. During the course of a long and distinguished career, historian and public intellectual, Romila Thapar has produced a unique body of work. Her original and path-breaking commentaries and essays on ancient Indian history, along with her incisive writings on culture, society, archaeology, philosophy, classical literature and education have inspired a growing number of historians, scholars, public intellectuals and ordinary people alike. In this Festschrift, Romila Thapar's students and colleagues from across the world celebrate her contributions by applying her methods and insights to a range of historical, philosophical, sociological and cultural questions. Questioning paradigms, constructing histories aims to bring Romila Thapar and her pioneering work to the attention of a wider audience. According to Romila Thapar: '.An enquiry should begin with a question. The question may be something quite simple, the answer to which will further qualify what you are saying. Or it may be a question that gives you the possibility of looking at the event or the person in history from different points of view. And that one question then leads to other questions that reflect these different points of view. So I would say that the fundamental approach to any piece of research or what one is working on grows out of a question.' The book is divided into five parts'political processes', 'The symbolic and the social', 'historical consciousness and reconstructions', 'looking beyond India', 'The past and the present: dialogues and debates'. each part focuses on a br>Theme that Romila Thapar has worked on and topics that she has returned to time and again. Together, they showcase her exceptional achievements as one among the best historians of our time. (jacket).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Looking Within Looking Without includes discussions based on archaeology, visual representations, the Sanskrit epics, medical literature, early Tamil texts, compositions drawn from a variety of religious traditions, official documents including court records, and inscriptions. Chronologically, the volume ranges from the early historic to the early modern period. Spatially, the regions explored include the Gangetic Valley, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Bengal and Rajasthan. The contributors envisage the household as a site of production, consumption and distribution, and as one where cultural meanings are constituted, communicated and contested. Running through the essays is a focus on the everyday, on the ways in which gender, class, caste and community identities evolve through and revolve around the household. What emerges is a richly textured, complex set of arguments, which inevitably step beyond the household, drawing attention to connections with the wider world. As a tribute to the memory of Nandita Prasad Sahai, a careful, committed and passionate historian and teacher, the volume creates space for dialogue, debate and difference as the contributors bring their distinctive perspectives and questions on an institution that is often naturalized and taken for granted.…

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