Selecting identities from the past

Thapar, Romila

Title:	Selecting identities from the past
Authors:	Thapar, Romila
Keywords:	Women's studies;Women -- India -- Social conditions;Women -- India -- History;Women;Women -- Social conditions
Issue Date:	2006
Publisher:	Centre for Women's Development Studies
Citation:	http://www.cwds.ac.in/JPNaik/17JPNaikReport.pdf
Description:	"What is sometimes constructed as community, tradition and identity, with the claim of historical legitimacy, is often invalidated by history. So when we look at the past for an identity, and we do this regularly in many walks of life, the search has to be realistic. I would like to argue that it is not feasible for us to maintain that there was in the early historical past a single identity for the Indian woman, as is frequently maintained, and that this became what we call the traditional identity. Indian women had diverse identities as they do to this day. The point is to understand why there were social differences and how these were treated."
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2451/34271
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Appears in Collections:	South Asian Born-Digital NGO Reports Collection Project

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