An accessible tour of feminist thinking through Indian debates on the family, the body, sexuality, desire and the law.
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7 booksFeminist theory ×India ×250 pages and over ×
An accessible tour of feminist thinking through Indian debates on the family, the body, sexuality, desire and the law.
An argument for women's freedom to take risks and make choices, against protection that becomes control.
A reader on the history and debates of Indian feminism, from colonial reform to contemporary politics.
Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Collects Mohanty's essays, including 'Under Western Eyes', on decolonising feminism and building solidarity across borders.
Questions feminism's reliance on law and rights through debates on abortion, sexual violence and the Uniform Civil Code.
Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade
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Argues that women's right to loiter in the city, without purpose or excuse, is the real test of their access to public space.
A wide-ranging reader of key writing from Indian women's studies and the women's movement.