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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Jha, Sadan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Charkha, `Dear Forgotten Friend' of widows: reading the erasures of a symbol |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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p.3113-120. |
| 362 ## - DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION |
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10 Jul |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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In Gandhian discourse, the charkha signifies `decentralisation against centralised production', `the sole remedy' for the dwindling handloom industry and the traditional sector in general. However, away from this, images of this popular symbol, and Gandhian `swaraj' acquired various shapes in the domain of political culture. The attempt here is to write a history of the spinning wheel with reference to strategies of gender politics that went into the construction of this semiotic space. This reading of erasures of a popular Gandhian symbol contributes to an understanding of the different layers of the politics of disjuncture which operate at many levels. - Reproduced. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Widows |
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Decentralization |
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Gandhi, M.K. |
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Economic and Political Weekly |
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