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Nita Kumar

Author of The Artisans of Banaras: Popular Culture and Identity, 1880-1986

8+ Works 38 Members

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Nita Kumar is Brown Family Professor in South Asian History, Claremont McKenna College, California.

Works by Nita Kumar

The Artisans of Banaras: Popular Culture and Identity, 1880-1986 (1988) 10 copies

Friends, Brothers and Informants: Fieldwork Memoirs of Banaras (1992) 9 copies

Women as Subjects: South Asian Histories (Feminist Issues : Practice, Politics, Theory) (1994) 7 copies

Women as subjects : South Asian histories (1994) 6 copies

The Politics of Gender, Community, and Modernity: Essays on Education in India (2007) 3 copies

Lessons from schools : the history of education in Banaras (2000) 1 copy

Food, Faith and Gender in South Asia: The Cultural Politics of Women's Food Practices (Criminal Practice) (2020) 1 copy

Women, Gender and History in South Asia (2023) 1 copy

Associated Works

Mai (2000) — Translator, some editions — 23 copies, 1 review

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Works: 8
Also by: 1
Members: 38
Popularity: #383,441
Rating: 4.0

ISBNs: 20

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