Gendered Violence in Public Spaces: Women’s Narratives of Travel in Neoliberal India

“What happens to women who travel? To those who transgress into male dominated spaces (e.g. the world)? Gendered Violence in Public Spaces provides insights into these questions. Comprised of 12 beautifully written chapters, the book explores how women’s travel has been represented through literature, film, and print. Anxiety, anticipation, joy, risk, comfort, violence, vulnerability, and danger – these are all things the reader will encounter in this book which makes a valuable contribution to feminist geography, literature and media studies.” ―Kaitlynn Mendes, University of Western Ontario

“Gendered Violence in Public Spaces makes an important contribution to the study of women’s writing from India that interrogates the vulnerability of women in public spaces. In bringing together theorization of space along with the work of feminist geographers, this book provides excellent readings of a range of literary texts, films, and television shows. This book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of South Asian, feminist, and literary scholars.” ―Nalini Iyer, Seattle University, Seattle University

“Compelling and lucid, this anthology often veers into policy debates on reclaiming India’s public spaces rife with misogyny and sexual violence for the empowered female traveler. Its innovative and original approach brings value-addition to scholarship on female empowerment in the Indian subcontinent.” ―Gurumurthy Neelakantan, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur