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- catalog abstract ""On the Outside Looking In(dian) analyzes works over the past century translated into or written in English by feminist Indian women writers such as Krupabai Satthianadhan, Rokeya Sakhewat Hossein, Maitreyi Devi, Kamala Das, Anita Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, and others. These writers condemn patriarchal customs and laws for depriving Indian women - of all castes and classes, as well as women of other cultures - of their basic human rights by sanctioning child marriage, sati, purdah, and the wearing of the burqa, while prohibiting widow remarriage, the expression of sexuality, and the pursuit of an education to promote self-sufficiency, and equal economic, political, and social status with men."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13034707.
- catalog coverage "India Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""On the Outside Looking In(dian) analyzes works over the past century translated into or written in English by feminist Indian women writers such as Krupabai Satthianadhan, Rokeya Sakhewat Hossein, Maitreyi Devi, Kamala Das, Anita Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, and others. These writers condemn patriarchal customs and laws for depriving Indian women - of all castes and classes, as well as women of other cultures - of their basic human rights by sanctioning child marriage, sati, purdah, and the wearing of the burqa, while prohibiting widow remarriage, the expression of sexuality, and the pursuit of an education to promote self-sufficiency, and equal economic, political, and social status with men."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-215) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: background and overview of major topics -- Reform and nationalism -- The Burqa and Purdah -- Child marriage, treatment of widows, widow remarriage -- Sati -- Bride burnings / Dowry deaths -- Son preference, female infanticide -- Pativratadharma (husband worship) -- Expatriation, immigration -- Suppression and denial of female sexuality -- Outsiders within I: on Purdah, veiling, and denial of education and property rights -- Krupabai Satthianadhan -- Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain -- Suniti Namjoshi -- Outsiders within II: on corrupt governmental policies, environmental destruction, and oppression of tribals and women -- Mahasweta Devi -- Anita Desai -- Outsiders abroad: on expatriation and immigration -- Anita Desai -- Bapsi Sidhwa -- Bharati Mukherjee -- Suniti Namjoshi -- Susham Bedi -- Gita Mehta -- Meena Alexander -- Manjula Padmanabhan -- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Anjana Appachana -- Pramila Jayapal -- Jhumpa Lahiri -- Outsiders silenced: on domestic violence and suppression and denial of female sexuality -- Lalithambika Antherjanam -- Maitreyi Devi -- Kamala Das -- Anita Desai -- Shashi Deshpande -- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Anjana Appachana -- Solutions -- Susham Bedi -- Anjana Appachana -- Indira Ganesan -- Sunetra Gupta.".
- catalog extent "xii, 223 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "On the outside looking in(dian).".
- catalog identifier "0820458120 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "On the outside looking in(dian).".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : P. Lang,".
- catalog relation "On the outside looking in(dian).".
- catalog spatial "Foreign countries".
- catalog spatial "India Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog subject "820.9/9287/0954 21".
- catalog subject "East Indians Foreign countries Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "Indic literature (English) 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Indic literature (English) Foreign countries History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Indic literature (English) Women authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR9488 .K34 2003".
- catalog subject "Women India Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature India History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: background and overview of major topics -- Reform and nationalism -- The Burqa and Purdah -- Child marriage, treatment of widows, widow remarriage -- Sati -- Bride burnings / Dowry deaths -- Son preference, female infanticide -- Pativratadharma (husband worship) -- Expatriation, immigration -- Suppression and denial of female sexuality -- Outsiders within I: on Purdah, veiling, and denial of education and property rights -- Krupabai Satthianadhan -- Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain -- Suniti Namjoshi -- Outsiders within II: on corrupt governmental policies, environmental destruction, and oppression of tribals and women -- Mahasweta Devi -- Anita Desai -- Outsiders abroad: on expatriation and immigration -- Anita Desai -- Bapsi Sidhwa -- Bharati Mukherjee -- Suniti Namjoshi -- Susham Bedi -- Gita Mehta -- Meena Alexander -- Manjula Padmanabhan -- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Anjana Appachana -- Pramila Jayapal -- Jhumpa Lahiri -- Outsiders silenced: on domestic violence and suppression and denial of female sexuality -- Lalithambika Antherjanam -- Maitreyi Devi -- Kamala Das -- Anita Desai -- Shashi Deshpande -- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Anjana Appachana -- Solutions -- Susham Bedi -- Anjana Appachana -- Indira Ganesan -- Sunetra Gupta.".
- catalog title "On the outside looking in(dian) : Indian women writers at home and abroad / Phillipa Kafka.".
- catalog type "text".