Del 17 - South Asia in the Social Sciences

Founding Mothers of the Indian Republic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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The book begins with the momentous task of demolishing the prejudices attached with the phrase 'founding fathers' that has held an immense sway over constitutional interpretation. It shows that women members of the Indian Constituent Assembly had painstakingly co-authored a Constitution that embodied a moral imagination developed by years of feminist politics. It traces the genealogies of several constitutional provisions to argue that, without the interventions of these women framers, the Constitution would hardly have a much poorer document of rights and statecraft that it is. Situating these interventions in the larger trajectory of Indian feminism in which they are rooted, in the nationalist discourse with which they perpetually negotiated, and in the larger human rights discourse of the 1940s, the book shows that the women members of the Indian Constituent Assembly were much more than the 'founding mothers' of a republic.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-01-05
Mått163 x 236 x 26 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSouth Asia in the Social Sciences
Antal sidor400
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108832564

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Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Epigraph; Introduction: Towards a feminist reading of the making of the Constitution; 1. Against the shadow of the founding fathers: A minority report; 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's 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.

'Achyut Chetan's Founding Mothers are the eleven women members of the Constituent Assembly omitted from histories of the Indian Constitution. In this impressively researched, thoroughly analyzed, and persuasively written account of the arguments of the 'missing mothers,' Chetan illuminates the distinct moral vision of the women framers of the Constitution. Going beyond the usual documents, the author examines the work of committees and sub-committees, memoranda, amendments, notes of dissent, correspondence, and legislative debates. These women, all with personal histories of political and social activism, brought feminist ideas and a vision of equality to their work shaping the fundamental principles of the Constitution. Founding Mothers is an indispensable addition to the history of the Indian Constitution and of the women's movement and feminism in India.' Geraldine Forbes, Professor Emerita, State University of New York Oswego