Janani - Mothers, Daughters, Motherhood

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7619-3510-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 250 g

Bringing together the writings of women from various walks of life - authors, artists, academics and ordinary people - this volume presents their experiences of being mothers and daughters. The complex emotions women go through, as a mother or a daughter, are portrayed in a variety of ways. The contributors provide humane, intimate and compelling real life narratives. The collection includes true stories on adoptive motherhood, step-mothering and single-motherhood within a South Asian context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhattacharya, Rinki

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Motherhood Revisited - Jasodhara Bagchi
PART ONE: OUR MOTHERS
My Mother - Bharati Ray
My Mother, My Daughter - Maitreyi Chatterji
When Alamelu Shrugged - C S Lakshmi
An Outsider at Home - Neela Bhagwat
Her Infinite Variety - Roshan G Shahani
The Cross a Woman Carries - Urmila Pawar
My Mother's Gardens - Tuntun Mukherjee
Stepmother at Seventeen - Maithili Rao
PART TWO: OURSELVES
Motherhood and Me - Dhiruben Patel
A Mother, Myself - Kamala Das
A Delicate Bondage - Pratibha Ranade
Motherhood - Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Not a Joke!
Learning to Be a Mother - Shashi Deshpande
No Baby, No Cry! - Deepa Gahlot
PART THREE: OUR CHILDREN
More a Friend - Jyotsna Kamal
Letter to My Children - Mallika Sarabhai
Paint and Nursery Rhymes - Rekha Rodwittiya
The Colour of Hibiscus - Nita Ramaiya
The Mother Who Wasn't - Anwesha Arya

Über Autor(innen)

Bhattacharya, Rinki
Rinki Bhattacharya is Chairperson of the Bimal Roy Memorial Committee. She is also a well-known journalist and documentary film-maker based in Mumbai. Her documentary, Char Diwari, on domestic violence has received international acclaim. She made a five-minute audio-visual capsule, Janani—based on the same theme as this book. Ms Bhattacharya has also worked as a volunteer at Nari Kendra in Mumbai and started, in 1987, a crisis hotline called Help. Her publications include Bengal Spices (2005), Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in India (2004), Indelible Imprints—Daughters Write on Fathers (1999), Uncertain Liaisions: Sex, Strife & Togetherness in Urban India (1996), Bimal Roy—A Man of Silence (1994), Cuisine Creations from Bengal (1993), monograph on the film-maker Bimal Roy, monograph on film-star Ashok Kumar, genres of Indian Cinema—Les star Du Indian Cinema.