Contemporary Womens Writing in India

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The word doyennes signifies the various expressions of female, feminine, and feminist aspects of contemporary literature in India, through multiple theoretical frameworks. Contemporary Womens Writing in India is an edited collection dealing with a range of these issues set in the society of Indian culture. Indian womens literature is still a fertile ground for critical enquiry. There are three sections in the collection: Section I deals with specific instances in history, historical constructions, and representations of gender. Section II offers a varied spectrum of feminist critical discourse on contemporary Indian womens writing, intersecting with the frameworks of post-colonial theory, deconstruction, perspectives on race and ethnicity, and eco-feminism. Section III touches upon the notion of the womans body and psyche through the varied perspectives of psychoanalysis, feminism, and post-feminism. By thoroughly exploring a range of issues, Contemporary Womens Writing promises to take the reader by the hand, and journey through the unfamiliar but refreshing landscape of womens literature in India.

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Contemporary Indian Womens Writing surveys numerous English and non- English works by Indian women writers from fresh comparative perspectives, and in light of largely feminist approaches that, in some cases, also admirably challenge Western feminist habits of mind. To those unfamiliar with Indian womens literature, this collection will serve as a helpful introduction to canonical authors, and to regions such as Orissa and Bengal that generally get short shrift in literary surveys. * Contemporary Women's Writing *
The writing of women in today's India has come of age with this thoughtful and engaging collection. Researchers in the area need no longer feel bereft, Anoop and Gulati have given them a myriad-hued, fertile field to plow.Deepti Gupta, Panjab University -- Deepti Gupta, Panjab University

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Mythili Anoop teaches at Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management University. Varun Gulati has taught English literature and language for ten years in colleges and universities across India.