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The first book of the first academic journal on South Asia Women's Studies on the Internet is finally available. For the first time an electronic journal becomes a hard copy publication.
The Journal of South Asia Women Studies is a peer reviewed, award-winning journal. This publication comprises six JSAWS issues, from November 1995 to August 1997.
The journal was established to promote, collect and unify scholarship on and by South Asian women in such fields and topics such as religious studies, ethics, human rights, law, economics, literature, anthropology, social sciences, etc. The journal is also a platform for dialog on interfaith issues, and for dialog on issues of importance to Asian women.
We want to promote an international debate on the subject and create a channel of communication between science and media, between scholarly production and NGOs activities, and between positive and religious thought and/or ethical thought. We want to publicize the scholarly study of women in terms of human rights. Women Studies, and particularly “Third World” Women Studies, means to be involved in ethical and social issues.
The areas of study of this journal include all the Asian countries from India to Taiwan.
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| Some of our readers' comments |
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Clearly, the journal should not come out from your life, but should be something with compensation for the grief and reward for the pleasure. A labor of love can only carry you so far.
Dr. R. Thomas Berner (bx2@psuvm.psu.edu)
Professor of Journalism and American Studies
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
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I just wanted to write now to congratulate you and the other leaders in this endeavour. It is an important work, and you are to be commended!
Keep up the good work!
Dr. Jim McMara (prismjm@its.uct.ac.za)
Department of Religious Studies
University of Cape Town, South Africa
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I am very pleased to come across the Journal on the Internet. I assume the journal appears in print as well. I should like to encourage several departments to support our application for a library subscription…
Dr. Rohit Barot (rohit.barot@bristol.ac.uk)
Department of Sociology
University of Bristol, UK
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I am very interested in your journal and I would also like to receive a hard copy if possible…
I am the founder and director of the South Asian Women’s Conference…
Sangeeta Sangupta (sangeeta@nextwave-systems.com)
PhD candidate in the History Dept.
UCLA, USA
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| Table of Contents |
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Foreword
Introduction
Abstracts of the Papers
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Vol. 1, No. 1 (November 1995)
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Note from the Editor
A Deb
Papers:
A Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi: His Views on Women and Social Change by Sita Kapadia
Whether Inheritance to Women is a Viable Solution to the Dowry Problem in India by Subhadra Chaturvedi
New Titles:
Gender and the Sexes in the Indonesian Archipelago review by Enrica Garzilli
Copyright Notice
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Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1996)
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Note from the Editor
How To Submit A Contribution?
The Kyoto-Harvard Transcription
Paper:
Stridhana: To Have and To Have Not by Enrica Garzilli
News
Copyright Notice
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Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 15, 1996)
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Note from the Editor
Happy Mother’s Day!
Papers:
Sati Was Not Enforced in Ancient Nepal by Jayaraj Acharya
The Daughters and the Hindu Rites by Bandita Phukan
Practical Steps Towards Saving the Lives of 25,000 Potential Victims of Dowry and Bride Burning in India by Himendra B. Thakur
New Titles:
We Tried: Government Service in India and Nepal review by Enrica Garzilli
The Game in Reverse. Poems by Taslima Nasrin review by Enrica Garzilli
News
Copyright Notice
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Vol. 2, No. 3 (December 1, 1996)
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Note from the Editor
Happy Birthday to Us!
Paper:
From ‘Baylan’ to ‘Bruha’: Hispanic Impact on the Animist Priestess in the Philippines by Carolyn Brewer
New Titles:
Women, Information and the Future: Collecting and Sharing Resources Worldwide review by Enrica Garzilli
Copyright Notice
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Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 22, 1996)
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Note from the Editor
Italian Dowry and Indian Dowry Deaths
Papers:
Domestic Violence: A Daily Terror in Most Mauritian Families by Ranjita Bunwaree-Phukan
Dowry, 'Dowry Deaths', and Violence Against Women by Julia Leslie
Hindu Marriage System, Hindu Scriptures, and Dowry and Bride-Burning in India by Ram Narayan Tripathi
Little Dowry, No Sati: The Lot of Women in the Vedic Period by Michael E. J. Witzel
Copyright Notice
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Vol. 3, No. 1 (May 20, 1997)
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Note from the Editor
The Independence of India: What Kind of Independence?
Papers:
The Perils of Free Speech by Taslima Nasrin
A Non-Conventional Woman: Two Evenings with Taslima Nasrin. A Report by Enrica Garzilli
New Titles:
Bending Bamboo Changing Winds: Nepali Women Tell their Life Stories review by Damber K. and Ambika Gurung
Copyright Notice
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Notes on the Editors of the Journal
Deb
Photographs
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