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Performing Representation: Women Members in the Indian Parliament
Author
Edited by Shirin M. Rai and Carole Spary
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9780199489053
  • year : 2018
  • language : English
  • binding : Hardbound
Description
Seven decades after India’s independence women members occupy 1 in 10 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. In analysing women’s limited presence in the Indian Parliament, Performing Representation breaks new ground in scholarship on gender and politics. It explores the possibilities and limits of parliamentary democracy and the participation of women in its institutional performances. This book offers new insights into the gendered nature of the performance, aesthetics, and norms of parliamentary life through an examination of electoral data, legislative debates, and life stories of women MPs.