A passionate life : Writings by and on Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay / edited by Ellen Carol Dubois, Vinay Lal ; foreword by Gloria Steinem.

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Chattopadhyaya, Kamaladevi, 1903-1988 [author.]

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Publisher: New Delhi : Zubaan, 2017Description: xvi, 483 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9789384757830
9384757837

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Works. Selections

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DDC classification:

305.42 DUB 23

LOC classification:

HN687 .C48 2017

Contents:

Table of Contents Foreword: A Past and Future Teacher Gloria Steinem xi Introduction: Feminism and the Roots of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay's Activism Ellen Carol DuBois 1 Introduction: A Radical Democrat: Passion and Politics in the Life of Kamaladevi Vinay Lal 20 Part I Kamaladevi's Writings 1 Her Life and Her Credo 45 A Kannada Childhood 47 India's Needs: Shrimati Kamala Devi's Election Speech 53 Restatement of Human Values 57 2 Feminism and Women in India 67 The Status of Women in India 70 Enfranchisement of Women 76 Labour and Motherhood 80 The Women's Movement - Then and Now 85 Some Real Issues Facing Women 89 3 Socialism at Home and Abroad 98 The Simple Case for Democratic Socialism 101 Socialists, a Bunch of Reactionaries? 108 The Congress and Socialism 118 Communists and Indian Socialism 123 4 Gandhi: Liberator and Mentor, Autocrat and Magician 127 Enter Gandhi 131 What Gandhiji Has Done for Women 133 Mahatma Gandhi and One World 142 A New Mode of Dissent 147 Forging a Nation: The Constructive Programme 151 An Unorthodox Fighter 165 5 Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Partition of India 167 Imperialism and Class-Struggle 170 Pakistan and the Shifting of Population 178 Salt and Satyagraha 184 Vivisection and a Fractured Past 200 6 Social Reconstruction after Independence 205 Refugees, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction 208 The Food Problem 215 7 Asia, Africa, and the Global South 222 Letters to Mary Van Kleeck 225 Nanking 237 Chungking 240 The Awakening of Asia 246 The People of Africa 252 The Struggle of Viet Nam Against French Imperialism 259 8 An Indian in America 269 In America 271 The Caribbean - America's Sea of Destiny 283 The Heritage of the Pilgrims 286 A Facet of America: The T. V. A. 291 9 Embroidering India: Arts, Crafts, and Culture 298 Handicrafts in India 301 Early Vignettes from a Life in the Arts 309 Painting with Needle 314 The Media of Puppetry 319 10 The Tribal World 323 An Englishman in Another India 325 The Tribal Worldview 328 Part II Critical Assessments Creativity as Freedom: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the Politics of Self-Expression Annie Devenish 351 Becoming a Coloured Woman: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the African American Freedom Struggle Nico Slate 375 'Chasing Me Over the Globe': Kamaladevi and the Limits of Imperial Surveillance and Passport Controls, 1939-41 Julie Laut 401 Indian Internationalism and the Implementation of Self-Determination: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the United Nations Human Rights Commission Manu Bhagavan 424 The Essential Freedom Fighter: Some Reminiscences of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Devaki Jain 445 Chronological Table Vinay Lal Jesse Mosqueda 457 Select Bibliography Vinay Lal 465 Acknowledgments 472 Notes on Contributors 474 Index 477

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-471) and index.

Table of Contents
Foreword: A Past and Future Teacher Gloria Steinem xi

Introduction: Feminism and the Roots of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay's Activism Ellen Carol DuBois 1

Introduction: A Radical Democrat: Passion and Politics in the Life of Kamaladevi Vinay Lal 20

Part I Kamaladevi's Writings

1 Her Life and Her Credo 45

A Kannada Childhood 47

India's Needs: Shrimati Kamala Devi's Election Speech 53

Restatement of Human Values 57

2 Feminism and Women in India 67

The Status of Women in India 70

Enfranchisement of Women 76

Labour and Motherhood 80

The Women's Movement - Then and Now 85

Some Real Issues Facing Women 89

3 Socialism at Home and Abroad 98

The Simple Case for Democratic Socialism 101

Socialists, a Bunch of Reactionaries? 108

The Congress and Socialism 118

Communists and Indian Socialism 123

4 Gandhi: Liberator and Mentor, Autocrat and Magician 127

Enter Gandhi 131

What Gandhiji Has Done for Women 133

Mahatma Gandhi and One World 142

A New Mode of Dissent 147

Forging a Nation: The Constructive Programme 151

An Unorthodox Fighter 165

5 Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Partition of India 167

Imperialism and Class-Struggle 170

Pakistan and the Shifting of Population 178

Salt and Satyagraha 184

Vivisection and a Fractured Past 200

6 Social Reconstruction after Independence 205

Refugees, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction 208

The Food Problem 215

7 Asia, Africa, and the Global South 222

Letters to Mary Van Kleeck 225

Nanking 237

Chungking 240

The Awakening of Asia 246

The People of Africa 252

The Struggle of Viet Nam Against French Imperialism 259

8 An Indian in America 269

In America 271

The Caribbean - America's Sea of Destiny 283

The Heritage of the Pilgrims 286

A Facet of America: The T. V. A. 291

9 Embroidering India: Arts, Crafts, and Culture 298

Handicrafts in India 301

Early Vignettes from a Life in the Arts 309

Painting with Needle 314

The Media of Puppetry 319

10 The Tribal World 323

An Englishman in Another India 325

The Tribal Worldview 328

Part II Critical Assessments

Creativity as Freedom: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the Politics of Self-Expression Annie Devenish 351

Becoming a Coloured Woman: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the African American Freedom Struggle Nico Slate 375

'Chasing Me Over the Globe': Kamaladevi and the Limits of Imperial Surveillance and Passport Controls, 1939-41 Julie Laut 401

Indian Internationalism and the Implementation of Self-Determination: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the United Nations Human Rights Commission Manu Bhagavan 424

The Essential Freedom Fighter: Some Reminiscences of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Devaki Jain 445

Chronological Table Vinay Lal Jesse Mosqueda 457

Select Bibliography Vinay Lal 465

Acknowledgments 472

Notes on Contributors 474

Index 477

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