Between rhetoric and activism: Marxism and feminism in the All India Democratic Women's Association, 1981 - 2006

The focus of this thesis is the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) placed within the wider context of Indian women's movements. Its purpose is to understand and assess the functioning of AIDWA as an all-India, left-oriented and party-affiliated women's organisation with...

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Main Author: Kranz, Susanne
Published: University of Leeds 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487736
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Summary:The focus of this thesis is the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) placed within the wider context of Indian women's movements. Its purpose is to understand and assess the functioning of AIDWA as an all-India, left-oriented and party-affiliated women's organisation with particular reference to its national and state level operation.