Indian Feminisms : Law, Patriarchies and Violence in India.

Indian Feminisms : Law, Patriarchies and Violence in India.

Contributing to debates on feminism, this book considers the impact made by feminists in India from the 1970s. Geetanjali Gangoli analyses campaigns on issues of violence and womens rights, and debates on ways in which feminist legal debates may be limiting for women and based on exclusionary concep...

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Main Author: Gangoli, Geetanjali
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2007.
Subjects:
Feminism > India.
Family violence > Law and legislation > India.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > India.
Sex and law > India.
Family violence > Law and legislation
Feminism
Sex and law
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
India
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 National and Local Feminisms: Different Streams within the Women's Movements; 3 Feminism and the State: Citizenship, Legislative Debates and Women's Issues; 4 The Legal Regulation of Women's Sexuality: Continuum between Civil and Criminal Laws; 5 'Custodial Rape' and Feminist Interventions; 6 The Campaign Against Domestic Violence; 7 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

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