Communities of Women in Assam

Nandana Dutta is Professor of English at Gauhati University, Assam, India. Her areas of work include Assam and modernity, English literature, American studies, women’s studies and the politics of representations. She has published essays in journals such as Global South, Journeys, Interventions, Journal of Contemporary Thought, Journal of Creative Communication, Seminar and Australian Literary Studies besides contributing essays to edited collections on Assam, identity and violence. She is also the author of Questions of Identity in Assam (2012).

Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Society 1. "Great Sensation in Guwahati": Mini’s Marriage, Assam Mahila Samiti and the Sarda Act in late colonial Assam 2. Witch-hunting and resistance to the formation of women’s community 3. Participation in and Access to the Public ‘Sacred’ Space: Sisterhood and the Naamghar in Assam 4. Questions of Space, Autonomy and Identity: A study of the Communities of Jain women in Dibrugarh 5. Lesbian Women and the Politics of Community Formation: Changing Discourses on Citizenship Part 2: Culture 6. Media Representing Women -Women in the Media Exploring Possibilities of Community 7. Pushpalata Das’ Agnisnata Chandraprava: Woman Writing Woman 8. The Assam Lekhika Sanstha: A Community of Women Writers 9. Nature, Science and Women’s Community 10. Women, Community and the Material Culture of Food Appendix Aamish O Niraamish Aahar (Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Cuisine) (Selections) Translated and Annotated