Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Images
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Towards a Feminist Reading of the Making of the Constitution
- 1 In the Shadow of the Founding Fathers
- 2 In Search of the Missing Mothers
- 3 Women’s Moral Imaginary and Constitutional Politics: 1927–1946
- 4 Patterns of Participation: Women Members in the Constituent Assembly
- 5 Writing the Rights: Inscribing Constitutional Morality
- 6 Reformulating the ‘Woman Question’: Challenging Customs and Traditions
- 7 After the Framing
- Conclusion: Remembering the Founding Mothers
- Appendix: Texts and Contexts of the Framing – A Timeline
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Images
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Towards a Feminist Reading of the Making of the Constitution
- 1 In the Shadow of the Founding Fathers
- 2 In Search of the Missing Mothers
- 3 Women’s Moral Imaginary and Constitutional Politics: 1927–1946
- 4 Patterns of Participation: Women Members in the Constituent Assembly
- 5 Writing the Rights: Inscribing Constitutional Morality
- 6 Reformulating the ‘Woman Question’: Challenging Customs and Traditions
- 7 After the Framing
- Conclusion: Remembering the Founding Mothers
- Appendix: Texts and Contexts of the Framing – A Timeline
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Founding Mothers of the Indian RepublicGender Politics of the Framing of the Constitution, pp. 308 - 335Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023