Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: If one was to imagine the gendered imagery and female leadership associated with Hindu “communalism,” the images that would come to mind are of women as self-sacrificing, long-suffering, nonviolent victims. Such images find fullest expression in both Hinduism and Gandhian nationalism, but associations of women with pacifism persist even within many agrarian social movements, a prime example of which is the Chipko movement against deforestation. These images derive their force partly from their singularity: to represent the diversity of women's life experience might undermine their roles as icons.
Author: Amrita Basu
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2326799541