Author: Patricia Jeffery

Popular Western images of Indian women range from submissive brides behind their veils to the powerful, active women of Indian politics. In this lively and unique book, Patricia and Roger Jeffery pre …

Popular Western images of Indian women range from submissive brides behind their veils to the powerful, active women of Indian politics. In this lively and unique book, Patricia and Roger Jeffery pre …

Appropriating Gender explores the paradoxical relationship of women to religious politics in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Contrary to the hopes of feminists, many women have responded …

Appropriating Gender explores the paradoxical relationship of women to religious politics in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Contrary to the hopes of feminists, many women have responded …

This book addresses South Asian Muslim women’s lived experiences, whilst questioning dominant concepts of agency.Negative, homogenising constructions of the ‘Muslim Woman’ are not the result of a kno …

This book addresses South Asian Muslim women’s lived experiences, whilst questioning dominant concepts of agency.Negative, homogenising constructions of the ‘Muslim Woman’ are not the result of a kno …