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Embodied violence

Communalising women's sexuality in South Asia

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ID3972146
AuthorsKumari Jayawardena, Malathi De Alwis
Year1996
Volume4
Issue8
Pages162-166
Publication date1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueReproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/s0968-8080(96)90372-9
OpenAlexW2078179199
LanguageEN
Citations received78
References cited2

Contents * 1. Abducted Women, the State and Questions of Honour: Three Perspectives on the Recovery Operation in Post-Partition India - Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin * 2. Rape and the Construction of Communal Identity - Kalpana Kannabiran * 3. Discursive Strategies and Exclusivities: Gender, Nationalism(s) and Cultural Identity - Shahnaz Rouse * 4. Inside the Andar Mahal: Muslim Women in the Private Sphere in Colonial Bengal - Sonia Nishat Amin * 5. Sexuality in the Field of Vision: The Discursive Clothing of the Sigiriya Frescoes - Malathi de Alwis * 6. Ethnicity and the Empowerment of Women: The Colonial Legacy - Jasodhara Bagchi * 7. Hindu Nationalist Women as Ideologues: The 'Sangh' the 'Samiti' and their Differential Concept of the Hindu Nation - Paola Bacchetta * 8. Static Signifiers? Metaphors of Woman in Contemporary Sri Lankan War Poetry - Neloufer de Mel * 9. The Myth of 'Patriots' and 'Traitors': Pandita Ramabai, Brahmanical Patriarchy, and Militant Hindu Nationalism - Uma Chakravarti * 10. Institutions, Beliefs, Ideologies: Widow-Immolation in Contemporary Rajasthan - Kumkum Sangari and Sudesh Vaid

Colonialism · Hinduism · Ideology · Militant · Mythology · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Religious studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

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Unique citing works78
Citations per year2,6
Citation span1996 - 2025 (30)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 19

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