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Embodied Violence: Communalising Female Sexuality in South Asia
Embodied Violence Communalising Female Sexuality in South Asia
Author: Kumari Jayawardena, Malathi de Alwis
This book is a major investigation into the myriad of ways in which societies play out the struggle for cultural identity on women's bodies. It explores the relationship between ideals of motherhood, tradition, community and racial purity and uncovers the ways in which women's bodies become the recording surface of repressive cultural practices ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781856494472
ISBN-10: 1856494470
Publication Date: 11/15/1996
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Zed Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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