{"product_id":"9783030098162","title":"Rethinking New Womanhood: Practices of Gender, Class, Culture and Religion in South Asia","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRethinking New Womanhood: Practices of Gender, Class, Culture and Religion in South Asia\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHussein, Nazia\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, \u003ci\u003eRethinking New Womanhood \u003c\/i\u003eeffectively introduces a ‘new’ wave of gender research from South Asia that resonates with feminist debates around the world\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThe volume conceptualises ‘new womanhood’ as a complex, heterogeneous and intersectional identity. By deconstructing classification systems and highlighting women’s everyday ongoing negotiations with boundaries of social categories, the book reconfigures the concept of ‘new woman’ as a symbolic identity denoting ‘modern’ femininity at the intersection of gender, class, culture, sexuality and religion in South Asia. The collection maps new sites and expressions on women and gender studies\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003earound nationhood, women’s rights, transnational feminist solidarity, ‘new girlhoods ’, aesthetic and sexualised labour, respectability and ‘modernity’, LGBT discourses, domestic violence and ‘new’ feminisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe volume\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including gender studies, sociology, education, media and cultural studies, literature, anthropology, history,  development studies, postcolonial studies and South Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-02-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030098162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-67900-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 231\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47708805890188,"sku":"9783030098162","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030098162.jpg?v=1776783236","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030098162","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}