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Visualizing Indian Women 1875-1947

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ISBN-10: 0195677315

ISBN-13: 9780195677317

Edition: 2006

Authors: Malavika Karlekar

List price: $125.00
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This rare collection of 300 archival photographs accompanied by explanatory captions depicts women s lives during the period 1875 1947. It also includes a comprehensive, well-researched, yet lucid introduction placing in context the photographs which have been gleaned from private collections of families and friends, as well as from archives sections of various institutions, originally presented in an exhibition held by the Centre for Women s Development Studies.Focusing on the photographs, the book is divided into five sections of images: Visualizing the Family showcases family photographs that show the changing role of women due to the emergence of the urban nuclear family The Learning…    
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Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/6/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 152
Size: 8.66" wide x 11.42" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Malavika Karlekar is Co-editor, Indian Journal of Gender Studies and Curator, Re-presenting Indian Women A Visual Documentary 1875-1947, both at Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi. Since 2001, she has been designing and curating an annual calendar based on archival photographs of Indian women. Dr Karlekar writes a regular column based on archival photographs for The Telegraph (Kolkata) and her recent books are Re-visioning the Past - Early Photography in Bengal (2005), Visualizing Indian Women (2005) and Visual Histories - Photography in the Popular Imagination (2013).

Introduction
Showcasing the family
The learning experience
Worlds beyond
The national movement
Towards the midnight hour
Five women