The essay in this volume examine the
horrendous and shocking nature of violence against women,
menifested especially in rape, prostitution, domestic violence,
child abuse, foeticide, femicide, and violence against entire
castes and communities.
Dr
Shirin Kudchedkar is a former Professor and Head of the Department
of English at SNDT Women's University Mumbai. Sabiha Al-Issa
is lecturer in English at a college affiliated to SNDT Women's
University Mumbai.
ISBN 81-85753-19-9 1998 272 PP Rs.400 (hb)
A
laudable book on persisting brutality.
The
Hindu
Reminds
us that the struggle to build a lighthouse in the rough sea
of gender injustice is still very much on.
