This review originally appeared in Elevate Difference By Parama Roy Duke University Press The introduction to Alimentary Tracts begins with a Salman Rushdie … More
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Confronting Global Gender Justice: Women’s Lives, Human Rights
This review originally appeared in Elevate Difference Edited by Tamara Harvey, Paula Ruth Gilbert,Debra Bergoffen, Connie L. McNeely Routledge Confronting Global Gender Justice provides the … More
Tales from the Yoga Studio
By Rain Mitchell Plume This review originally appeared in Elevate Difference Tales from the Yoga Studio is, in many ways, the typical story … More
Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers in Search of an Identity
This review originally appeared in Elevate Difference By Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, Bishnupriya Dutt Sage Publications In its very fragmentariness, Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers … More
Seeds of Change
I found Dr. Vandana Shiva’s first book, or rather I found a Xerox copy of her first book, taped together … More
Braking News: 1 Bus, 2 Girls, 15 Thousand Kilometers, 715 Million Votes
This review originally appeared in Elevate Difference By Sunetra Choudhury Hatchette India Sunetra Choudhury’sBraking News takes the reader on a trip across India … More
Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity
By Pavan K. Varma Penguin Books Pavan K. Varma’s most recent book, Becoming Indian, argues that cultural freedom has eluded formerly colonized … More
Women, Gender and Disaster: Global Issues and Initiatives
Edited by Elaine Enarson, P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti Sage Publications Women, Gender and Disaster provides a comprehensive overview of the role gender plays in … More