Rethinking New Womanhood Practices of Gender, Class, Culture and Rel
Covering India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, Rethinking New Womanhood effectively introduces a ‘new’ wave of gender research from South Asia that resonates with feminist debates around the world. The volume conceptualises ‘new womanhood’
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Rethinking New Womanhood
Nazia Hussein Editor
Rethinking New Womanhood Practices of Gender, Class, Culture and Religion in South Asia
Editor Nazia Hussein Department of Sociology Birmingham City University Birmingham, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-67899-3 ISBN 978-3-319-67900-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67900-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018932370 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © JohnnyGreig/Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
Introduction Nazia Hussein Part I Politics of Representation: New Woman in Literature and the Media
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‘(New) Woman’ as a Flashpoint Within the Nation: The Border as Method in Tales of Modernity 25 Nandita Ghosh Made in Bangladesh: The Romance of the New Woman 47 Elora Halim Chowdhury The New Heroine? Gender Representations in Contemporary Pakistani Dramas 71 Virginie Dutoya
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Part II New Women Subjects in Everyday Life: Practices of Gender, Sexuality, Class, Culture and Religion 95 Bangladeshi New Women’s ‘Smart’ Dressing: Negotiating Class, Culture, and Religion 97 Nazia Hussein Nepalese (New) Women Workers in the Hotel Industry: Exploring Women’s Work and Respectability 123 Mona Shrestha Adhikari Merging Career and Marital Aspirations: Emerging Discourse of ‘New Girlhood’ Among Muslims in Assam 147 Saba M. Hussain Earning as Empowerment?: The Relationship Between Paid Work and Domestic Violence in Lyari, Karachi 169 Nida Kirmani
Heterosexual Profession, Lesbian Practices: How Sex Workers’ Sexuality Right Positions Through Intersec
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