Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 11:21:09 -0500 (EST)
From: sxm100f-AT-hamlet.bal.odu.edu (Sujata Moorti)
Subject: Re: Represenations of the Other, Exoticism


HI Radhika,

        Home and the Harem is by Inderpal Grewal and published by Duke in
1996.  I haven't read it in its entirety but it seems to provide a new
perspective on the gendered nature of imperialism.  The book deals with
English women's writings about India, how the concept of tourism shaped
certain aspects of imperialist-nationalism, and how ideas of femininity in
Britain shaped the English women's suffrage movement and their support of
Indian women's movement.  There is a long chapter on Pandita Ramabai and
Parvati Athvale.

Sujata



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