what is the main theme, idea, and argument of the reading? What does it say about gender relations in South Asia? Why is it relevant to understanding gender identities and women\u2019s lives in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh?- Why is national identity important? ( The idea that one must belong to a nation, a country, and not just a smaller community, or a family; after all a community or a family may be a microcosm of the nation)What ideas do we get about masculinity and femininity at the time? How gender constitutes a site of contestation involving women, the state, political parties, and organizations that employ religious appeals. How our understandings of community and religious identities change when viewed from the vantage point of the everyday and the local.How we come to understand the implications and disjunctions of women\u2019s agency, emancipation and empowerment.How women themselves construct, question, and grapple with their identities in South Asian socio-political contexts, especially the questions – \u201cwho is a woman is South Asia?\u201d and \u201cWhat is her identity?\u201d ADD QUOTES FROM PAGES 167-203 AND PROVIDE PAGE NUMBERS FOR THE QUOTES. MAKE SURE TO USE THIS BOOK.-Kamla Bhasin and Ritu Menon (2000). Borders & Boundaries: Women in India\u2019s Partition. Rutgers University Press USE THESE PAGES ONLY FROM THE BOOK-167-203 MAKE SURE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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