The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901–1938

From Raj to Swaraj

Deborah Anna Logan

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. Influences include Victorian, Edwardian, and Modern literature and culture as well as traditional Indian literature and culture during the late colonial, pre-independence period. More than a literary journal, this publication also addressed social reforms, from “ladies’ philanthropy” to “women’s mission to women”; the emergence of Indian “identity politics” in response to the nationalist and independence movements; the Indian Woman Question in the context of female education debates and shifting concepts of “womanliness”; cultural exchanges recorded by Indian travelers to America; and the emergence of Indian nationalism, between World Wars I and II, leading to independence. This publication recorded and participated in the most pivotal moment in modern Indian history and did so by appealing to both the conservative and progressive socio-political urges marking the era.

University Press Copublishing Division / Lehigh University Press

Pages: 328 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-61146-221-0 • Hardback • July 2017 • $129.00 • (£99.00)

978-1-61146-222-7 • eBook • July 2017 • $122.50 • (£89.00)

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Women, Literary Criticism / Asian / Indic, Social Science / Women's Studies, Literary Criticism / Modern / 19th Century, Literary Criticism / Critical Theory / Postcolonialism

The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901–1938

From Raj to Swaraj

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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. Influences include Victorian, Edwardian, and Modern literature and culture as well as traditional Indian literature and culture during the late colonial, pre-independence period. More than a literary journal, this publication also addressed social reforms, from “ladies’ philanthropy” to “women’s mission to women”; the emergence of Indian “identity politics” in response to the nationalist and independence movements; the Indian Woman Question in the context of female education debates and shifting concepts of “womanliness”; cultural exchanges recorded by Indian travelers to America; and the emergence of Indian nationalism, between World Wars I and II, leading to independence. This publication recorded and participated in the most pivotal moment in modern Indian history and did so by appealing to both the conservative and progressive socio-political urges marking the era.

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University Press Copublishing Division / Lehigh University Press

Pages: 328 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-61146-221-0 • Hardback • July 2017 • $129.00 • (£99.00)

978-1-61146-222-7 • eBook • July 2017 • $122.50 • (£89.00)

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Women, Literary Criticism / Asian / Indic, Social Science / Women's Studies, Literary Criticism / Modern / 19th Century, Literary Criticism / Critical Theory / Postcolonialism

Author

Deborah Anna Logan is professor English at Western Kentucky University.

Table of Contents

Notes on the Text
Introduction: Kamala Satthianadhan and The Indian Ladies’ Magazine
Chapter 1: Women’s Periodicals, West and East
Chapter 2: ILM and Literary Criticism
Chapter 3: ILM and the Life Literary
Chapter 4: ILM and Women’s Social Activism Chapter 5: ILM and Indian Identity Politics Chapter 6:. ILM and the Indian Woman QuestionChapter 7: America, the Superlative and the Jewel in the CrownChapter 8: Mothering India
Conclusion: End of The Indian Ladies’ Magazine
Appendix B: Press Reviews
Appendix C: Publication and Subscription History
Bibliography: Primary
Bibliography: Secondary
Index
About the Author

Reviews

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

The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901–1938

From Raj to Swaraj

Deborah Anna Logan

The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901–1938

From Raj to Swaraj

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