Rethinking New Womanhood

Draws upon intellectual contributions to include women from different religions, classes and minority caste backgrounds

Provides a comparative perspective on the 'new woman' as an object in literature and the media and the 'new woman' as a subject negotiating with various social forces in everyday lives

Includes contributions on literature, TV plays and advertisements, matters of dress and conduct and education

Autorentext

Nazia Hussein is Lecturer in Sociology, Birmingham City University, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; Nazia Hussein; Part 1: 'New Woman': the real and the imagined.- 1. 'New Woman' as a Flashpoint within the Nation: The Border as Method in Tales of Modernity; Nandita Ghosh.- 2. Understanding the 'New Woman' in the Intersectional Grid of Caste, Class, Gender and Religion through the Works of Women Writers in India; Sanchayita Paul Chakrobarty.- 3. The New Heroine: Gender Representations in Contemporary Pakistani Dramas; Virginie Dutoya.- 4. Mis(s)guided by Popular Feminisms: TV commercials in India and the 'New Woman'; Deepali Yadav.- Part2: New Woman': the consumer, student and worker.- 5. Re-imagining the Traditional Buying Roles: Exploring the 'New Women' in Delhi.- 6. Enacting 'New girlhoods': Muslim girls' education in Assam; Saba Hussain.- 7. Bangladeshi New Women's Smart Dressing: Conforming, Negotiating and Resisting Organizational and Middle Class Respectable Aesthetic Standards; Nazia Hussein.

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