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“Interrogating Motherhood” by Jasodhara Bagchi

By Jasodhara Bagchi | Jan 28, 2025

Interrogating Motherhood, the fourth title in the Theorizing Feminism Series, reveals that an understanding of motherhood is vitally important to understanding Indian society. The ideas and practice of motherhood changed once India became a part of a global capitalist system; from the colonial period to present-day market-driven globalization. Analyses the complexities between motherhood and mothering (where the concepts are glorified but the women remain subordinate). This book explores Indian and Western feminists’ insights; examines the significance of mother goddesses; discusses regulations on motherhood in the wake of nation-building; and reveals the vulnerability of motherhood to the coercion of invasive technology and pressures of patriarchy where a woman must not only be a mother but also the mother of a son. 

Link- https://www.amazon.in/Interrogating-Motherhood-Theorizing-Feminism-Jasodhara/dp/9381345171 

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