• ISBN13: 9789381345153
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: Sage Stree
• Publication Date: August 12, 2017
• Pages: 224
• Original Price: INR 645.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 293 grams

This book reveals English as culture, politics, lifestyle and social change in the context of Indian women.</strong><br /> <br /> English as a symbol of modernity in India was first accessed by men, giving them a new image of masculinity while Indian languages were &lsquo;feminized&rsquo;&mdash;seen as meant for women.&nbsp; Among upper-caste women, English was a vehicle for social reform and for lessening seclusion, invisibility and economic dependence. For the so-called lower castes, the language was aspirational, indicating emancipation and empowerment possibilities, and threatening upper-caste dominance. English formed its own language of gender and made women&rsquo;s voices stronger in regional languages, which can be seen in the flowering of women&rsquo;s articles, fiction, biography and letters. This book records the different ways in which women responded to the coming of English into their lives.<br />