Perspectives of female researchers interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Gujarati identities / Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom A. Mukadam (eds.).

Contents Introduction - Gujarati Realities: Being a Female Researcher / Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom A. Mukadam -- 1. Diaspora, Memory, and Culture: Reading Gendered Gujarati Identity in Mira Kamdar's Motiba's Tattoos / Asma Sayed -- 2. In Search of the Feminine: Exploring Female Characters in Early Twentieth Century Gujarati Novels / Shvetal Vyas Pare -- 3. A History for Gujarat: The Imagining of a Region in Edalji Dosabhai's and Ichharam Desai's Narratives / Beatriz Martinez Saavedra -- 4. Raja Bhagvatsinh and Rani Nandkunvarba of Goudal: "Valiant Champions of Female Emancipation" / Aarti Bhalodia -- 5. Sanctuary for the Soul: The Centrality of the Jamatkhana in Religious Identity Formation / Sharmina Mawani 6. "Doing prayer we kept our culture": Hindu Sacred Rites among the Gujaratis in Britain and Italy / Ágnes Zsófia Mayer 7. Culture in Motion: Dance as an Embodied Practice of Cultural Transmission / Hannelore Roos -- 8. Heritage Language Maintenance: Second-Generation Gujaratis in London / Anjoom A. Mukadam -- 9. Diaspora, Remittances and Development: A Case Study of the Dharmaj Society of London / Milly Sil 10. Keeping it in the Family? Her-and His-Stories among Gujarati Business Communities in the Nineteenth Century Indian Ocean / Hollian Wint
Review "This fascinating book presents a wide-ranging collection of interdisciplinary research on Gujarati identities in India and the diaspora. An international group of women researchers from different academic backgrounds has gathered a rich set of data that provide fresh insights and raise many searching questions. We find here theoretical and practical perspectives linked to social, cultural, historical, literary and personal concerns that will appeal to and challenge a wide readership."--Page [4] of cover.
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