Playing with Fire Feminist Thought and Activism Through Seven Lives in India

Name: Playing with Fire Feminist Thought and Activism Through Seven Lives in India
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ISBN: 9780816647705

ISBN-10: 0816647704

ISBN-13: 9780816647705

Edition: 2006

Authors: Sangtin Sangtin Writers, Richa Nagar, Richa Nagar

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Seven voices contribute to this rare glimpse of the work being done on the front lines of the fight for social change in India. Playing with Fire is written in the collective voice of women employed by a large NGO as activists in their communities and is based on diaries, interviews, and conversations among them. Together their personal stories reveal larger themes and questions of sexism, casteism, and communalism, and a startling picture emerges of how NGOs both nourish and stifle local struggles for solidarity. The Hindi edition of the book, Sangtin Yatra, published in 2004, created controversy that resulted in backlash against the authors by their employer. The publication also drew…

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List price: $25.50
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 6/23/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.85" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction. Playing with Fire: A Collective Journey across Borders



A Journey of Sangtins: Anupamlata, Ramsheela, Reshma Ansari, Richa Nagar, Richa Singh, Shashi Vaish, Shashibala, Surbala, and Vibha Bajpayee



The Beginnings of a Collective Journey



A Very Short Childhood



From the Streets of Babul to the Wetness of Aanchal



Prisons within Prisons: Battles Stretching from the Courtyard to the Mind



Cracking Cages, New Skies



Challenges of NGOization and Dreams of Sangtin


Postscript: NGOs, Global Feminisms, and Collaborative Border Crossings



Notes


Glossary


Selected Bibliography