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Rebel Acts: Resistance Writings by Women Political Prisoners of the 1970s (India and the Americas)

Program

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

Program Country

Grant Activity Type

Research

Discipline

Specialization

Women's Studies

Academic Year

Dates

September 2016 - June 2017

Flex

No

Scholar type

Non-U.S. (Visiting) Scholar

Project Title

Rebel Acts: Resistance Writings by Women Political Prisoners of the 1970s (India and the Americas)

Scholar Information

Grantee

Sharmila Purkayastha

Title

Associate Professor

Institution

Host Institutions

Institution

New York University

Faculty

Vivek Chibber

Host Department

Department of Sociology