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| Project Description | The history of Indian independence, won in 1947 through a vigorous anti-colonialist nationalist movement, left its stamp on Indian feminism and many feminist activists' first involvement with politics was through the independence movement. This first generation of feminists worked closely with the state well into the seventies, while non-state and non-party feminism grew into prominence during the eighties. India thus provides an interesting example of a postcolonial democratic third world country that has both a strong 'autonomous' women's movement alongside a mainstreamed 'state feminism' in the state bureaucracy. Interviews for this project reflect this generational shift: Vina Mazumdar and Neera Desai, both recently retired from academic positions in women's studies and in their seventies, have worked closely with government agencies and have also founded gender studies programs within and outside of the university. Flavia Agnes, a practicing lawyer and activist in the area of minority Muslim women's legal rights, is an active critic of the state's legal discourse on this issue. Interviews from this site provide an overview of the issues that Indian feminists have engaged with since independence, and situate the oral histories collected for this project in this landscape. |
| Interviews | Interviewee Transcripts and Contextual Materials India Site Booklet (  requires login; PDF)India Site Booklet with DVD Chapter Markers & Time Codes ( requires login; PDF)Transcript of Thematic Film ( requires login; PDF)India Site Bibliography (PDF) The transcripts and other materials on this Web site are intended for educational and research use. Any other use must be authorized. For such authorization, please contact the India site contact. |
| Site Contacts | SPARROW, Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women in Mumbai, India C.S. Lakshmi - India Site Coordinator |
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