The Brass Notebook

A Memoir of Feminism and Freedom

Devaki Jain, Amartya Sen, FBA, Gloria Steinem

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The New Press
20 June 2023

Memoirs; Feminism & feminist theory; Economics

The lyrical and globe-spanning memoir by the influential feminist economist, with introductory pieces from two American icons

""Your heart and world will be opened by reading The Brass Notebook, the intimate and political life of Devaki Jain, a young woman who dares to become independent."" -Gloria Steinem

, who encouraged Jain to write her story. Over half a century later, Jain has crafted what Desmond Tutu has called ""a riveting account of the life story of a courageous woman who has all her life challenged what convention expects of her.""

Across an extraordinary life intertwined with those of Iris Murdoch, Gloria Steinem, Julius Nyerere, Henry Kissinger, and Nelson Mandela, Jain navigated a world determined to contain her ambitions. While still a young woman, she traveled alone across the subcontinent to meet Gandhi's disciple Vinoba Bhave, hitchhiked around Europe in a sari, and fell in love with a Yugoslav at a Quaker camp in Saarbrcken. She attended Oxford University, supporting herself by washing dishes in a local cafe. Later, over the course of an influential career as an economist, Jain seized on the cause of feminism, championing the poor women who labored in the informal economy long before mainstream economics attended to questions of inequality.

perfectly merges the political with the personal-a book full of life, ideas, politics, and history.

By: Devaki Jain
Foreword by: Amartya Sen FBA
Introduction by: Gloria Steinem
Imprint: The New Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 12mm
ISBN: 9781620977941
ISBN 10: 162097794X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 20 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Devaki Jain (The New Press), she lives in Delhi.

Reviews for The Brass Notebook: A Memoir of Feminism and Freedom

Praise for The Brass Notebook: Jain debuts with a stirring account of her coming-of-age in southern India and her career as a feminist economist. . . . Readers will be enlightened. -Publishers Weekly Jain witnessed, and offers through the lens of her particular, 'game for anything' perspective, some of the defining moments in the shaping of India as a nation of impossible contradictions and courageous hope. -The Hindu [Jain] is vigilant about showing how freedom is fought for constantly, as a way of being despite the constraints of society, but also contingent on luck, opportunity and the social structures of privilege. -India Today The Brass Notebook is a portrait of a past that feels golden, filled with idealism, grit and hope. -The Hindustan Times