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详细
- Biography of India's first woman barrister
- Detailed research on women's condition in 19th- and early-20th-century India
- Careful analysis of Sorabji's writings, personal correspondence, etc.
- Suparna Gooptu, well-known historian and academic
Acknowledged as India's first woman barrister, Cornelia Sorabji's (1866-1954) life and activities have always perplexed public intellectuals and Indian nationalists. Sorabji occupies a significant place in Indian history as she played a vital role in opening up the legal profession to women much before they were formally allowed to plead before the courts of law.
Through a careful analysis of Sorabji's writings, personal correspondence, and other writings, Suparna Gooptu unveils the life of this revolutionary woman. Often condemned as an 'imperial surrogate', Sorabji's life depicts both internal and external turmoil of a colonial subject who, in trying to negotiate her dual subjectivity to colonialism and societal patriarchy, was left with little space of her own.
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List of Illustrations; Glossary; Cornelia Sorabji's Life at a Glance; Sorabji Family Tree; Preface; Prologue
1.: MAKING OF A 'DIFFERENT' INDIAN WOMAN -FORMATIVE YEARS: 1866-89; THE OXFORD DAYS: 1889-93
2.: IN COLONIAL PROFESSIONS-THE ROVING PRACTITIONER OF LAW: 1893-1904; IN COLONIAL BUREAUCRACY, AT THE CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
3.: IN SEARCH FOR AN ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SPACE-THE BENGAL LEAGUE OF SOCIAL SERVICE FOR WOMEN; KATHERINE MAYO AND CORNELIA; THE POLITICAL SELF
Epilogue
Select Bibliography; Appendices; Index
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Suparna Gooptu, Professor, Univeristy of Calcutta
Suparna Gooptu teaches history at the University of Calcutta. She is also the Director of Calcutta University's Gandhian Studies Centre.
