Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index.

Table of contents
Acknowledgements Introduction
1. Sita Apaharan and Draupadi Vastraharan: Abduction and Disrobing in the Epics
2. Militarization and Mutiny: Safety and Sexuality for Peasant Women and Prostitutes
3. Gandhi and the ‘Purity’ of Assaulted Women
4. Westernization and Latent Gender Violence
5. From National Symbol to Victim of a New ‘Freedom’: Bombay Cinema and Violence
6. Cut Down by the Cutlass: Violence against Women in Indenture
Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author