"The Call of the World": Women's Memories of Global Socialist Feminism in India. (April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roy, Mallarika Sinha
• Editors: Donert, Celia; Moll-Murata, Christine
• Is Part Of: International review of social history. Volume 67(2022)Supplement 30
• Page Start: 237
• Page End: 262
• Publication Date: 2022-04
• Subjects: Social history -- Periodicals; Social history -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; 306.09005
• DOI: 10.1017/S0020859021000699
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-8590

Abstract

Abstract: This article explores the juncture between historical time and space in the context of socialist feminism, primarily through the memoir of an Indian woman activist who spent four years in East Berlin as the Asian Secretary at the Women's International Democratic Federation. This primary source material is drawn from a longer history of Indian leftist women's participation in political mobilizations and organizational work, the literary tradition of travel writing, found especially in Bengal, and academic histories of socialist feminism.