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Appropriating Gender
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This book explores the paradoxical relationship of women to religious politics in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Contrary to the hopes of feminists, many women have responded to religious nationalist appeals, contrary to the hopes of religious nationalists, they have also asserted their gender, class, caste, and regional identities, contrary to the hopes of the nation states, they have often challenged state policies and practices. Through a comparative South Asia perspective, Appropriating Gender explores the varied meanings and expressions of gender identity through time, by location, and according to political context.
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