Pacific Affairs· 2026Q1
Men at Home: Imagining Liberation in Colonial and Postcolonial India
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This paper examines how the concept of 'home' and male domesticity in colonial and postcolonial India, particularly through Gyanendra Pandey's work, challenged traditional gender roles and imagined male liberation from public spheres.
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- The concept of 'home' in South Asian history is re-examined, moving beyond its association solely with women.
- Gyanendra Pandey's work "Men at Home" is central to understanding the reimagining of male domesticity.
- The paper explores how men being 'at home' offered a framework for imagining male liberation from public spheres.
- This perspective challenges traditional gender roles and colonial expectations of masculinity.
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Abstract
It is so commonplace to link women to their home-making role that the title of Gyanendra Pandey’s book Men at Home elicits curiosity. In the modern history of South Asia, which forms the ambit of t...
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Field: Literature and Literary Theory
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