Multi-scalar Histories of Gender and Decolonisation in South Asia

In this colloquium, Rosalind Parr explores how a multi-scalar analysis can enrich our understanding of gender and decolonisation in South Asia.  The focus will be on the role of South Asian women’s organisations in postcolonial family planning projects - interventions that were at once associated with nation-building, international politics and the intimate realms of the body. It will be argued that, by considering the intersection of different sites and spatial levels, a multi-scalar analysis offers a model for thinking through the constraints of decolonisation and the question of gender in global perspective.

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