Shobna Nijhawan :  Publications

Monographs and Edited Books

Women and Girls in the Hindi Public Sphere: Periodical Literature in Colonial North India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012.

(editor). Nationalism in the Vernacular. Hindi, Urdu and the Literature of Indian Freedom. New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2010.

 

Articles in Journals and Book Chapters

"At the Margins of Empire: Feminist Configurations of Burmese Society in the Hindi Public (1917-1920)." Journal of Asian Studies 71.4 (November), pp. 1013-1033, 2012.

“Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich – Wer bin ich?” in Heimat in der Fremde. Band 2 (Commentary on Biographies of Second-Generation Indian Immigrants Living in Germany). Heidelberg: Draupadi Verlag, pp. 150-158, 2012.

“Civilizing Sisters: Writings on how to save women, men, society and the nation.” From Improvement to Development. ‘Civilizing Missions’ in Colonial and Post-colonial South Asia. Eds. Carey Watt and Michael Mann. London and New York: Anthem Press, pp. 193-215, 2011.

"I got the point across and that is what counts.” Transcultural versus (?) linguistic competence in language teaching." Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages 9.1., pp. 59-81, 2011.

“The Links of Our Chains” [English translation of the Hindi feminist essay by Mahadevi Varma]. Mahadevi Varma. Essays on Women, Culture, and Nation. Ed. Anita Anantharam. Delhi: Zubaan Press; New York: Cambria Press, pp. 71-88, 2010.

"Hindi Children's Periodicals." The Book Review (Special Issue on Children's Literature) 32.11, pp. 30-31, 2008.

"Out of Place in Lindenstrasse: On the Representation of Ethnicity in a German Soap Opera." South Asian Popular Culture 6.2, pp. 161-176, 2008.

“The touchstone of a nation’s greatness is the status of its women” – Responses to colonial discourses on Indian womanhood.” South Asia Research 28.1, pp. 73-88, 2008.

“Hindi Children’s Journals and Nationalist Discourse (1910-1930).” Economic and Political Weekly 39.33, pp. 3723-3729, 2004.

 

Teaching Materials

Indien. Wege zum besseren Verstehen. [Teaching materials for a better comprehension of India]. Eds. Antje Linkenbach-Fuchs et al. Gotha and Stuttgart: Klett-Perthes, 2002. (This publication is the result of a three-year project, in which publishers, teachers and scholars came together to discuss the deficiencies in representing Indian cultures and civilizations in German schools. I have authored several sections in this teaching manual that is distributed nation-wide)

“Die Moschee ist nicht nur zum Beten da. Begegnungen mit einer muslimischen Gemeinde“ [Mosques and Muslim communities in Germany]. Praxis Geographie 2/2001, pp.14-17.

(with Michael Jauch). “Das Gras ist grüner in Delhis Süden. Lebenspraxis, Raumverständnis und soziale Differenzierung in einer entstehenden Wohnkolonie“ [Understanding social space and everyday life in an urban development center]. Praxis Geographie 2/2000, pp. 20-24.

“Holi - das indische Fest der Farben. Ein pädagogischer Leitfaden für die Behandlung des Festes im Schulunterricht“ [The Indian Holi festival – Teaching materials]. Feste der Völker. Ed. Amt für Multikulturelle Angelegenheiten. Frankfurt: AMKA, 1999, pp.123-129.

Indiens ’Ungeliebte’ Töchter: Gesellschaft zwischen Tradition und Moderne. Das Begleitheft zum Film [’Unwanted’ Daughters? Indian Society between Tradition and Modernity. Teaching manual]. FWU Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht. Grünewald, 1999.

(with Michael Jauch). “Wer kennt das ’Wesen’ Indiens? Eine Stellungnahme zu Praxis Geographie 9/97“ [Essentializing India? A comment on a special issue on South Asia]. Praxis Geographie 2/1998, p. 41.