Description: This book examines the varied influences and accomplishments of the Indian Ladies' Magazine, the first Indian magazine established and edited by an Indian woman-Kamala Satthianadhan-in English, written by women, for women. This publication recorded and participated in the mos...
Brief description: Deborah A. Logan is professor of English at Western Kentucky University.
Review Quotes: "This pioneering study of The Indian Ladies Magazine provides fresh and valuable insight into periodical culture in India under British rule during the early decades of the twentieth century . . . .. The author carefully uncovers the complexity of the imperial experience for the Indian woman reader who was conversant with English and Western models of femininity. This book is necessary reading for anyone interested in the periodical's role in formulating class, gender, and national identities . . ." --Jean Fernandez, Professor of English, Loyola University