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02106 a2200253 4500 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781108832564 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
342.54029 |
| Item number |
CHE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chetan, Achyut |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Founding mothers of the Indian republic: gender politics of the framing of the constitution |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cambridge, UK: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Cambridge University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 335p.: |
| Other physical details |
ill; hbk: |
| Dimensions |
24cm. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
South Asia in the social sciences |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The book begins with the momentous task of demolishing the prejudices attached with the phrase 'founding fathers' that has held an immense sway over constitutional interpretation. It shows that women members of the Indian Constituent Assembly had painstakingly co-authored a Constitution that embodied a moral imagination developed by years of feminist politics. It traces the genealogies of several constitutional provisions to argue that, without the interventions of these women framers, the Constitution would hardly have a much poorer document of rights and statecraft that it is. Situating these interventions in the larger trajectory of Indian feminism in which they are rooted, in the nationalist discourse with which they perpetually negotiated, and in the larger human rights discourse of the 1940s, the book shows that the women members of the Indian Constituent Assembly were much more than the 'founding mothers' of a republic.<br/>-Examines women's influential presence in the Constituent Assembly of India<br/>-Uses historical documents as significant sources<br/>-Utilises extensive archival research<br/><br/>https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/history/south-asian-history/founding-mothers-indian-republic-gender-politics-framing-constitution?format=HB |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Constitution (India) |
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Founding mothers |
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Gender politics |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Framing of constitution |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Constituent assembly--women members |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Feminism |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women makers of republic |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Item type |
Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
