Founding mothers of the Indian republic: gender politics of the framing of the constitution

By:

Chetan, Achyut

Series: South Asia in the social sciencesPublication details: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press 2023Description: xvi, 335p.: ill; hbk: 24cmISBN:

9781108832564

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

342.54029 CHE

Summary: 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. -Examines women's influential presence in the Constituent Assembly of India -Uses historical documents as significant sources -Utilises extensive archival research https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/history/south-asian-history/founding-mothers-indian-republic-gender-politics-framing-constitution?format=HB

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.
-Examines women's influential presence in the Constituent Assembly of India
-Uses historical documents as significant sources
-Utilises extensive archival research

https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/history/south-asian-history/founding-mothers-indian-republic-gender-politics-framing-constitution?format=HB

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