Amrita Basu

Author

1953 –

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Who is Amrita Basu?

Amrita Basu is an American academic. She specialises in South Asian politics who has a particular interest in women's movements and other social movements. Her most influential publications concern the contested meaning of feminism and the complicated relationship between feminist and women's movements, the prominent role of women in the religious right and the relationship of local movements to larger global forces. She teaches courses on women's activism, human rights and post colonial nationalism.

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Born
1953
Profession
Education
  • Cornell University
  • Columbia University
Employment
  • Amherst College

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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