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Perspectives of female researchers : interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Gujarati identities / Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom A. Mukadam (eds.).

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Perspectives of female researchers : interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Gujarati identities / Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom A. Mukadam (eds.).
Publication
  • Berlin : Logos Verlag Berlin, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Mawani, Sharmina,
  • Mukadam, Anjoom A.,
Description
189 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This fascinating book presents a wide-ranging collection of interdisciplinary research on Gujarati identities in India and the diaspora. An international group of women researchers from different academic backgrounds has gathered a rich set of data that provide fresh insights and raise many searching questions. We find here theoretical and practical perspectives linked to social, cultural, historical, literary and personal concerns that will appeal to and challenge a wide readership."--Page [4] of cover.
Alternative Title
Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Gujarati identities
Subject
  • Gujarat (India) > History
  • Gujaratis (Indic people)
  • Gujaratis (Indic people) > Ethnic identity
  • Gujaratis (Indic people) > Foreign countries > Ethnic identity
  • Gujaratis (Indic people) > Foreign countries > Social life and customs
  • Gujaratis (Indic people) > Migrations
  • Gujaratis (Indic people) > Social life and customs
  • Regionalism and the arts > Gujarat
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction - Gujarati Realities: Being a Female Researcher / Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom A. Mukadam -- 1. Diaspora, Memory, and Culture: Reading Gendered Gujarati Identity in Mira Kamdar's Motiba's Tattoos / Asma Sayed -- 2. In Search of the Feminine: Exploring Female Characters in Early Twentieth Century Gujarati Novels / Shvetal Vyas Pare -- 3. A History for Gujarat: The Imagining of a Region in Edalji Dosabhai's and Ichharam Desai's Narratives / Beatriz Martinez Saavedra -- 4. Raja Bhagvatsinh and Rani Nandkunvarba of Goudal: "Valiant Champions of Female Emancipation" / Aarti Bhalodia -- 5. Sanctuary for the Soul: The Centrality of the Jamatkhana in Religious Identity Formation / Sharmina Mawani – 6. "Doing prayer we kept our culture": Hindu Sacred Rites among the Gujaratis in Britain and Italy / Ágnes Zsófia Mayer – 7. Culture in Motion: Dance as an Embodied Practice of Cultural Transmission / Hannelore Roos -- 8. Heritage Language Maintenance: Second-Generation Gujaratis in London / Anjoom A. Mukadam -- 9. Diaspora, Remittances and Development: A Case Study of the Dharmaj Society of London / Milly Sil – 10. Keeping it in the Family? Her-and His-Stories among Gujarati Business Communities in the Nineteenth Century Indian Ocean / Hollian Wint
ISBN
  • 9783832541248
  • 3832541241
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library