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Contributed articles.
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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