http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=1582 Green politics, history (particularly women's history) science and books. Always feminist Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:45:27 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=1582&cpage=1#comment-12117 ELIZABETH VICE Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:00:59 +0000 http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=1582#comment-12117 Mahasweta Devi is a very powerful and compelling Bengali woman writer, and I am currently studying those of her writing which have been translated into English. All these translations have been by women - and it has been suggested to me that this is because the woman in Bengal can be regarded as invisible by the Bengali male population. Can anyone clarify this for me please? I look forward to hearing your views. Thank you. Elizabeth Mahasweta Devi is a very powerful and compelling Bengali woman writer, and I am currently studying those of her writing which have been translated into English. All these translations have been by women – and it has been suggested to me that this is because the woman in Bengal can be regarded as invisible by the Bengali male population. Can anyone clarify this for me please? I look forward to hearing your views. Thank you. Elizabeth

]]> http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=1582&cpage=1#comment-12118 ELIZABETH VICE Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:00:59 +0000 http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=1582#comment-12118 Mahasweta Devi is a very powerful and compelling Bengali woman writer, and I am currently studying those of her writing which have been translated into English. All these translations have been by women - and it has been suggested to me that this is because the woman in Bengal can be regarded as invisible by the Bengali male population. Can anyone clarify this for me please? I look forward to hearing your views. Thank you. Elizabeth Mahasweta Devi is a very powerful and compelling Bengali woman writer, and I am currently studying those of her writing which have been translated into English. All these translations have been by women – and it has been suggested to me that this is because the woman in Bengal can be regarded as invisible by the Bengali male population. Can anyone clarify this for me please? I look forward to hearing your views. Thank you. Elizabeth

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