Table of contents
South Asian Feminisms: Contemporary Interventions / Ania Loomba and Ritty A. Lukose 1;
I. Feminism, Religion, and the Secular;
From Shah Bano to Kausar Bano: Contextualizing the "Muslim Woman" within a Communalized Polity / Flavia Agnes 33;
Global Discourses, Situated Traditions, and Muslim Women's Agency in Pakistan / Amina Jamal 54;
Martial Tales, Right-Wing Hindu Women, and "History Telling" in the Bombay Slums / Atreyee Sen 75;
II. Feminism, Labor, and Globalization ;
Of Moments, Not Monuments: Feminism and Labor Activism in Postnational Sri Lanka / Sonali Perera 97;
Feminism, Migration, and Labor: Movement Building in a Globalized World / Anannya Bhattacharjee 117;
III. Feminism, War, Peace ;
Uncomfortable Alliances: Women, Peace, and Security in Sri Lanka / Vasuki Nesiah 139;
Feminist Politics and Maternalist Agonism / Malathi de Alwis 162;
Witnessing as Feminist Intervention in India-Administered Kashmir / Angana P. Chatterji 181;
IV. Feminism, Figuration, and the Politics of Reading and Writing ;
Transnational Politics of Reading and the (Un)making of Taslima Nasreen / Lamia Karim 205;
At the Intersection of Gender and Caste: Rescripting Rape in Dalit Feminist Narratives / Laura Brueck 224;
Subject to Sex: A Small History of the Gomantak Maratha Samaj / Anjali Arondekar 244;
V. Feminism, Sex Work, and the Politics of Sexuality;
Keeping Sexuality on the Agenda: The Sex Workers' Movement in Bangladesh / Firdous Azim 267;
Politicizing Political Society: Mobilization among Sex Workers in Sonagachi, India / Toorjo Ghose 285;
Queering Approaches to Sex, Gender, and Labor in India: Examining Paths to Sex Worker Unionism / Ashwini Sukthanka 306;
VI. Feminist Crisis and Futures ;
Hecklers to Power? The Waning of Liberal Rights and Challenges to Feminism in India / Ratna Kapur 333;
A Global Perspective on Gender: What's South Asia Got to Do with It? / Mrinalini Sinha 356;
Bibliography 375;
Contributors 407;
Index 411