{"product_id":"13175-women-s-voices","title":"Women’s Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Eunice De Souza\u003cbr\u003eLindsay Pereira\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 451\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195667859\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology brings together the writings of some Indian women who made pioneering social and literary contributions during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Traversing a wide canvas, the excerpts taken from letters, tracts, diaries, magazines, articles, autobiographies, short stories, and even speeches discuss theatre, dance, travel, and personal experiences, while other dwell on social issues. Doctrinal problems, orthodox practices, and the position of women in society. The book will interest anyone interested in women’s literature of modern India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen’s Voices can be read for pleasure alone, or for considering the wide range of women’s writings (personal letters, letters to editors, letters to friends in jail, reminiscences, columns in newspapers, fiction, exhortations)..The lucid and informed Introduction, places the individual pieces as well as the collection in historical context.\u003cbr\u003e-The Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese writings, provide a window into how the women themselves were reacting to this so-called women’s question, It is a commendable effort in putting into one volume well-known personalities like Toru Dutt, Pandita Ramabai, Cornelia Sorabji and Sarojini Naidu, along with the lesser known Herabai Tata, Shovana Devi, and Iqbalunnisa Husain.\u003cbr\u003e-Hindustan Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn interesting as the contest of their writing is the life of the writers themselves, compiled in brief biographical sketches by coeditor, Lindsay Pereira, The contributions are delightful, thought-provoking and varied.\u003cbr\u003e-Verve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen’s Voices offers us a wide range of writing in English fiction, including stories for children, autobiographies, articles, letters-private and public, an informative Introduction to the period by Eunice de Souza adds to the usefulness of the volume.\u003cbr\u003e-One India, One People\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDosebai Cowasjee Jessawalla\u003cbr\u003eToru Dutt\u003cbr\u003ePandita Ramabai\u003cbr\u003eAnapurna Turkhad\u003cbr\u003eKrupabai Satthianadhan\u003cbr\u003eShevantibai M Nikambe\u003cbr\u003eMaharanee Sunity Devee CI of Cooch Behar\u003cbr\u003eCornelia Sorabji\u003cbr\u003eSusie Sorabji\u003cbr\u003eDr Rukhmabai\u003cbr\u003eMahabrani Chimnabai Gaekwad II of Baroda\u003cbr\u003eF K Patuck\u003cbr\u003eHerabai Tata\u003cbr\u003eLady Mehri Dorab Tata\u003cbr\u003eKitty Shiva Rao\u003cbr\u003eSakinatul Fatima Wazir Hasan\u003cbr\u003eSarojini Naidu\u003cbr\u003eRokeya Sakhawat Hossain\u003cbr\u003eNalini Turkhud\u003cbr\u003eDr S Mutthulakshmi Reddy\u003cbr\u003eHansa Mehta\u003cbr\u003eRuttie Jinnah\u003cbr\u003eMithan Choksi\u003cbr\u003eEla Sen\u003cbr\u003eVijayalakshmi Pandit\u003cbr\u003eKamaladevi Chatopadhyaay\u003cbr\u003eZeenuth Futehally\u003cbr\u003eKrishna Nehru Hutteesing\u003cbr\u003eSucheta Kripalani\u003cbr\u003eAruna Asaf Ali\u003cbr\u003eVenu Chitale (Leelabai Ganesh Khae)\u003cbr\u003eAmrita Sher-Gil\u003cbr\u003eRamabai, C T (Ramabai Trikannad)\u003cbr\u003eNoor-Un-Nisa Inayat Khan\u003cbr\u003eSnehalata Sen\u003cbr\u003eShovona Devi\u003cbr\u003eIqbalunnisa Hussain\u003cbr\u003eSantha Rama Rau\u003cbr\u003eG Ishvani\u003cbr\u003eBrinda Maharani of Kapurthala\u003cbr\u003eReference\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Eunice De Souza \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785570726057,"sku":"13175","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/13175.jpg?v=1625524506","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/13175-women-s-voices","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}