The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901-1938: From Raj to Swaraj
This book examines the varied influences and accomplishments of the Indian Ladies’ Magazine, the first Indian magazine established and edited by an Indian woman—Kamala Satthianadhan—in English, written by women, for women. Influences include Victorian, Edwardian, and Modern literature and culture as well as traditional Indian literature and culture during the late colonial, pre-independence period. More than a literary journal, this publication also addressed social reforms, from “ladies’ philanthropy” to “women’s mission to women”; the emergence of Indian “identity politics” in response to the nationalist and independence movements; the Indian Woman Question in the context of female education debates and shifting concepts of “womanliness”; cultural exchanges recorded by Indian travelers to America; and the emergence of Indian nationalism, between World Wars I and II, leading to independence. This publication recorded and participated in the most pivotal moment in modern Indian history and did so by appealing to both the conservative and progressive socio-political urges marking the era.
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The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901-1938: From Raj to Swaraj
This book examines the varied influences and accomplishments of the Indian Ladies’ Magazine, the first Indian magazine established and edited by an Indian woman—Kamala Satthianadhan—in English, written by women, for women. Influences include Victorian, Edwardian, and Modern literature and culture as well as traditional Indian literature and culture during the late colonial, pre-independence period. More than a literary journal, this publication also addressed social reforms, from “ladies’ philanthropy” to “women’s mission to women”; the emergence of Indian “identity politics” in response to the nationalist and independence movements; the Indian Woman Question in the context of female education debates and shifting concepts of “womanliness”; cultural exchanges recorded by Indian travelers to America; and the emergence of Indian nationalism, between World Wars I and II, leading to independence. This publication recorded and participated in the most pivotal moment in modern Indian history and did so by appealing to both the conservative and progressive socio-political urges marking the era.
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The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901-1938: From Raj to Swaraj

The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901-1938: From Raj to Swaraj

by Deborah Anna Logan
The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901-1938: From Raj to Swaraj

The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901-1938: From Raj to Swaraj

by Deborah Anna Logan

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This book examines the varied influences and accomplishments of the Indian Ladies’ Magazine, the first Indian magazine established and edited by an Indian woman—Kamala Satthianadhan—in English, written by women, for women. Influences include Victorian, Edwardian, and Modern literature and culture as well as traditional Indian literature and culture during the late colonial, pre-independence period. More than a literary journal, this publication also addressed social reforms, from “ladies’ philanthropy” to “women’s mission to women”; the emergence of Indian “identity politics” in response to the nationalist and independence movements; the Indian Woman Question in the context of female education debates and shifting concepts of “womanliness”; cultural exchanges recorded by Indian travelers to America; and the emergence of Indian nationalism, between World Wars I and II, leading to independence. This publication recorded and participated in the most pivotal moment in modern Indian history and did so by appealing to both the conservative and progressive socio-political urges marking the era.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781611462210
Publisher: University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date: 07/12/2017
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.32(w) x 9.22(h) x 1.21(d)

About the Author

Deborah Anna Logan is professor English at Western Kentucky University.

Table of Contents

Notes on the Text
Introduction: Kamala Satthianadhan and The Indian Ladies’ Magazine
Chapter 1: Women’s Periodicals, West and East
Chapter 2: ILM and Literary Criticism
Chapter 3: ILM and the Life Literary
Chapter 4: ILM and Women’s Social Activism Chapter 5: ILM and Indian Identity Politics Chapter 6:. ILM and the Indian Woman QuestionChapter 7: America, the Superlative and the Jewel in the CrownChapter 8: Mothering India
Conclusion: End of The Indian Ladies’ Magazine
Appendix B: Press Reviews
Appendix C: Publication and Subscription History
Bibliography: Primary
Bibliography: Secondary
Index
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