Ashapurna Devi and feminist consciousness in Bengal : a bio-critical reading /

Has the battle for equality solved problems of woman in society? Has the cry for woman's emancipation from her degraded condition liberated women in India and in the world? This volume analyses the life and works of one of the foremost Indian women writers, Ashapurna Devi (1905-1995), from the...

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Main Author:	Datta, Dipannita, 1965- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Āśāpūrṇā Debī, > 1909-1995 > Political and social views. Āśāpūrṇā Debī, > 1909-1995 Feminism > India > History > 20th century. Féminisme > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle. Feminism Political and social views India Gender & Ethnic Studies. Social Sciences. Gender Studies & Sexuality. 1900-1999 Electronic books. History
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Summary:	Has the battle for equality solved problems of woman in society? Has the cry for woman's emancipation from her degraded condition liberated women in India and in the world? This volume analyses the life and works of one of the foremost Indian women writers, Ashapurna Devi (1905-1995), from the point of view of her as an author of an ex-colony, and the changes and stirrings of the new social order she saw as India moved from the colonial to the postcolonial times.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780199085415 0199085412