Ania Loomba is the Catherine Bryson Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is affiliated with the departments of Comparative Literature, South Asian Studies, Women’s Studies, and Asian-American Studies.

South Asian Feminisms: Contemporary Interventions / Ania Loomba and Ritty A. Lukose 1I. Feminism, Religion, and the SecularFrom Shah Bano to Kausar Bano: Contextualizing the "Muslim Woman" within a Communalized Polity / Flavia Agnes 33Global Discourses, Situated Traditions, and Muslim Women's Agency in Pakistan / Amina Jamal 54Martial Tales, Right-Wing Hindu Women, and "History Telling" in the Bombay Slums / Atreyee Sen 75II. Feminism, Labor, and GlobalizationOf Moments, Not Monuments: Feminism and Labor Activism in Postnational Sri Lanka / Sonali Perera 97Feminism, Migration, and Labor: Movement Building in a Globalized World / Anannya Bhattacharjee 117III. Feminism, War, PeaceUncomfortable Alliances: Women, Peace, and Security in Sri Lanka / Vasuki Nesiah 139Feminist Politics and Maternalist Agonism / Malathi de Alwis 162Witnessing as Feminist Intervention in India-Administered Kashmir / Angana P. Chatterji 181IV. Feminism, Figuration, and the Politics of Reading and WritingTransnational Politics of Reading and the (Un)making of Taslima Nasreen / Lamia Karim 205At the Intersection of Gender and Caste: Rescripting Rape in Dalit Feminist Narratives / Laura Brueck 224Subject to Sex: A Small History of the Gomantak Maratha Samaj / Anjali Arondekar 244V. Feminism, Sex Work, and the Politics of SexualityKeeping Sexuality on the Agenda: The Sex Workers' Movement in Bangladesh / Firdous Azim 267Politicizing Political Society: Mobilization among Sex Workers in Sonagachi, India / Toorjo Ghose 285Queering Approaches to Sex, Gender, and Labor in India: Examining Paths to Sex Worker Unionism / Ashwini Sukthankar 306VI. Feminist Crisis and FuturesHecklers to Power? The Waning of Liberal Rights and Challenges to Feminism in India / Ratna Kapur 333A Global Perspective on Gender: What's South Asia Got to Do with It? / Mrinalini Sinha 356Bibliography 375Contributors 407Index 411

Ania Loomba is the Catherine Bryson Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is affiliated with the departments of Comparative Literature, South Asian Studies, Women’s Studies, and Asian-American Studies.