top Book Reviews of One Hundred Years One Hundred Voices (SEAGULL) Write a Review Read All Reviews (1) 'One Hundred Years One Hundred Voices'- A new Chapter in reasearch in History. Review by Anil Pundlik Gokhale This book is one of the finest inspiring work on History -%u2018Oral History%u2019 of The Mill Workers of Mumbai%u2019 is an attempt to rescue the history which faces the grave danger of being forgotten%u2019.

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This book, significantly, focuses on the nationalist participation of ordinary middle-class women in India?s freedom movement, especially in the United Provinces (modern Uttar Pradesh). To construct the nationalist narrative of unheard voices, the author goes beyond conventional sources of history such as official and archival records.

Instead, she employs a diverse range of materials?including oral narratives, poetry, cartoons, vernacular magazines and private correspondence?in order to let these women speak for themselves. Contents : Foreword by ZOYA HASAN / Introduction / Theoretical Engagements and Disengagements / Political Environment in India / Private Values and Public Lives : The Domestication of Public Participation / The Colonial Prison / Politicisation of the Domestic Sphere / Re-Negotiating the Boundaries of Identity and Domesticity / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index (less)

This book, significantly, focuses on the nationalist participation of ordinary middle-class women in India??'s freedom movement, especially in the United Provinces (modern Uttar Pradesh). While capturing the nationalist expressions of women in the public and domestic spheres, the author Investigates how women engaged with nationalist politics despite constraints like the "purdah" system, social backwardness, and high rates of female illiteracy in the region; Identifies two parallel processes that were at work: ("a") the domestication of the public sphere-how women participated in the streets without compromising on their domestic values; and ("b") the politicisation of the domestic sphere-how women handled situations in the family when nationalism entered households through the activities of their husbands and sons; and Shows how women used the symbolic repertoire of the national movement and the political language of Gandhi to facilitate their own participation.

To construct the nationalist narrative of unheard voices, the author goes beyond conventional sources of history such as official and archival records. Instead, she employs a diverse range of materials-including oral narratives, poetry, cartoons, vernacular magazines, and private correspondence-in order to let these women speak forthemselves.

Drawing upon field studies in northern India??'s Hindi-speaking heartland, the author also sheds light on the domestic lives of middle-class women caught in the swirling vortex of political emotions. She discusses issues of contestation and subordination within patriarchal structures, and the contexts within which women??'s political consciousness are shaped.

The book will be of interest to scholars of history, anthropology, women??'s studies and politics both for its content and for the methodology it employs. top (less)