Gender, ethnicity, and political agency [electronic resource] : South Asian women organizing / Shaminder Takhar.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

1. Redefining the parameters of political activism : South Asian women 'rocking the stereotype' -- 2. Conceptualizing South Asian women's political activism through a feminist lens -- 3. Understanding historical representations : political agency, resistance and the role of discourses -- 4. Researching political agency -- 5. Race, agency and political activism -- 6. 'In the name of the father' : contours of gender relations -- 7. Conceptualizing the uneasy relationship of religion to political agency -- 8. Conclusion.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.