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Playing with Fire: Feminist Thought and Activism through Seven Lives in India
Sangtin Writers Collective and Richa Nagar
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Playing with Fire is written in the collective voice of women employed by a large NGO as activists in their communities and is based on diaries, interviews, and conversations among them. Together their personal stories reveal larger themes and questions of sexism, casteism, and communalism, and a startling picture emerges of how NGOs both nourish and stifle local struggles for solidarity.
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Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Foreword
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction. Playing with Fire: A Collective Journey across Borders
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A Journey of Sangtins
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1. The Beginnings of a Collective Journey
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2. A Very Short Childhood
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3. From the Streets of Babul to the Wetness of Aanchal
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4. Prisons within Prisons: Battles Stretching from the Courtyard to the Mind
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5. Cracking Cages, New Skies
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6. Challenges of NGOization and Dreams of Sangtin
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Postscript: NGOs, Global Feminisms, and Collaborative Border Crossings
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Notes
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Glossary
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Selected Bibliography
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Published: 2006
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
- 9780816647705 (paper)
- 9780816647699 (hardcover)
- 9781452908823 (ebook)