sabitri roy (10 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

pbk. Sabitri Roy?s trilogy Paka Dhaner Gan translated for the first time into English and abridged brings a neglected woman novelist to a wider audience A committed socialist who was critical of the Communist Party and fell foul of its patriarchy and hierarchy Roy tries to show how socialist mores could come to fruition in relationships how young women and men tried to take decisions on their own lives free from the bonds of an oppressive social hierarchyFocusing on the freedom movement the Second World War and the Tebhaga movement the peasants uprising against unjust taxes by the zamindars or landlords when the Communist Party sent many educated young men to the villages the novel provides an epic panorama of rural Bengal of the late 1930s and the 1940s Roy depicts a range of women from the educated and aware Lata and Bhadra to the less educated and more deprived villagers like Debaki and her sisters-in-law the tribal feisty women like Saraswati providing convincing portraits of what women?s lives were likeAs Tanika Sarkar writes in her Foreword Timeless patriarchal strategies of control inflict death on a widow who has sinned by drinking water on the day of the ritual fast without water and a mother suspected of illicit liaison has her baby snatched away from her at the same time the same families and the same milieus witness unexpected female resistance defiance new resources for self-making 388 pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. ISBN:9789381345146,287pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. ISBN:9789381345146,287pp.

Condizione: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be printed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. Set in turbulent post-Partition Bengal, Sabitri Roy's epic novel Bawdwip, translated into English for the first time, tells a story of a community which, uprooted ruthlessly from its homeland, fights resolutely to forge a new life in an alien land. Set in turbulent post-Partition Bengal, Sabitri Roy's epic novel Bawdwip, translated into English for the first time, tells a story of a community which, uprooted ruthlessly from its homeland, fights resolutely to forge a new life in an alien land. It centres on idealistic Dhiman and his family, tracing the journey of Dhiman's son Jishu from the innocence of childhood to the passions of youth, ignited by communist ideals and illuminated by love. In her powerful style, Sabitri Roy paints the student and labour movements of the 1950s, the communal tensions, and the struggles of a displaced community. (jacket).

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