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Lehigh University Press The Indian Ladies Magazine 1901-1938 From Raj to Swaraj by Deborah Anna Logan
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._x000D_ Table of contents : - _x000D_
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Introduction: Kamala Satthianadhan and The Indian Ladies' Magazine_x000D_
Chapter 1: Women's Periodicals, West and East_x000D_
Chapter 2: ILM and Literary Criticism_x000D_
Chapter 3: ILM and the Life Literary_x000D_
Chapter 4: ILM and Women's Social Activism _x000D_
Chapter 5: ILM and Indian Identity Politics _x000D_
Chapter 6:. ILM and the Indian Woman Question_x000D_
Chapter 7: America, the Superlative and the Jewel in the Crown_x000D_
Chapter 8: Mothering India_x000D_
Conclusion: End of The Indian Ladies' Magazine_x000D_
Appendix B: Press Reviews_x000D_
Appendix C: Publication and Subscription History_x000D_
Bibliography: Primary _x000D_
Bibliography: Secondary_x000D_
Index_x000D_
About the Author_x000D_