Ritu Menon
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Borders and Boundaries
How Women Experienced the Partition of India
By Ritu Menon
Rutgers University Press
As an event of shattering consequence, the Partition of India remains significant. While Partition sounds smooth on paper, the reality was horrific. While there are many official accounts of Partition, there are few social histories and no feminist histories. Borders and Boundaries changes that, providing first-hand accounts and memoirs, juxtaposed alongside official government accounts.
- Copyright year: 1998
The Diversity of Muslim Women's Lives in India
Edited by Zoya Hasan and Ritu Menon
Rutgers University Press
In order to broaden the lens through which Muslim women are typically seen, a group of researchers in India carried out a large and unprecedented study of one of the most disadvantaged sections of Indian society. The editors of The Diversity of Muslim Women’s Lives in India bring together this research in a comprehensive collection of informative and revealing case studies.
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