"A Book Is an Axe": Indian Feminist Publisher, Mandira Sen.

The article profiles Mandira Sen, co-founder of the publishing company Stree with Harsha Bhatkal based in Kolkata, India. It notes that Stree primarily prints scholarly works on topics such as gender, feminist studies, and women's health as well as fiction and memoirs. Particular attention is given...

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Publicado en:Women's Review of Books Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 13 - 16
Autor principal: Crapo, Trish
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Old City Publishing, Inc. May/Jun2011
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Sumario:The article profiles Mandira Sen, co-founder of the publishing company Stree with Harsha Bhatkal based in Kolkata, India. It notes that Stree primarily prints scholarly works on topics such as gender, feminist studies, and women's health as well as fiction and memoirs. Particular attention is given to the Stree titles "The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman's Memoirs" by Urmila Pawar and "Women in Concert: An Anthology of Bengali Muslim Women's Writings, 1904-38" edited by Shaheen Akhtar and Moushumi Bhowmik.