{"product_id":"womens-studies-in-india-a-reader","title":"Women's Studies in India - A Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ritu Menon\u003cbr\u003eRuth Vanita\/Several Contributors\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Mary E John\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 657\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9780143063773\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen’s studies first emerged in India during the 1970s as a forceful critique of those processes that had made women invisible after independence—invisible not only to society and the state, but also to higher education and its disciplines. Since that beginning, so much has happened in this already vast field that it would be hard to find a major issue or subject that has not been addressed by scholars and activists. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive reader sets out to provide a map of the development of women’s studies and the ever expanding terrain that it has been investigating. The introduction explores the growth of the field from the upheavals of the 1970s to the transformed conjunctures of the 1990s. In the process, the often elusive relationships between women’s studies, the women’s movement and the structures of higher education are highlighted. Over eighty edited essays have been brought together in this single volume under distinct thematic clusters—from the new beginnings of the 1970s to politics, history, development, violence, the law, education, health, family and household, caste and tribe, religion and communalism, sexualities, and literature and the media. This reader is for both newcomers to women’s studies and for those who have long been part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSources and Copyright Acknowledgement\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. NEW BEGINNINGS\u003cbr\u003eFrom Accommodation to Articulation: Women’s Movement in India\u003cbr\u003eNEERA DESAI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Making of a Founding Text\u003cbr\u003eVINA MAZUMDAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen in Revolt: A Historical Analysis of the Progressive Organisation of Women in Andhra Pradesh\u003cbr\u003eK. LALITA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInitiatives against Dowry Deaths\u003cbr\u003eMADHU KISHWAR AND RUTH VANITA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bodhgaya Struggle\u003cbr\u003eMANIMALA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImplications of Declining Sex Ratio in India’s Population\u003cbr\u003eASOK MITRA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e‘Socialist-Feminist’ Organizations and the Women’s Movement\u003cbr\u003eGAIL OMVEDT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Question of Autonomy\u003cbr\u003eNANDITA GANDHI AND NANDITA SHAH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Enabling Process of Empowerment\u003cbr\u003eNARAYAN K. BANERJEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the Concept of ‘Empowerment’\u003cbr\u003eMANORANJAN MOHANTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Satyabhama ‘Nani’ Lawand\u003cbr\u003eSHARMILA JOSHI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Elusive ‘Woman’: Feminism and the Women’s Reservation Bill\u003cbr\u003eNIVEDITA MENON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fourth World Conference on Women: A Report from China\u003cbr\u003eINDU AGNIHOTRI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. HISTORY\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Altekarian Paradigm: Towards a New Understanding of Gender Relations in Early Indian History\u003cbr\u003eUMA CHAKRAVARTI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Begums and Tawaifs: The Women of Awadh\u003cbr\u003eSALEEM KIDWAI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePositivism and Nationalism: Womanhood and Crisis in Nationalist Fiction – Bankimchandra’s Anandamath\u003cbr\u003eJASODHARA BAGCHI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeriyar, Women and an Ethic of Citizenship\u003cbr\u003eV.GEETHA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer-Self: Early Writings on Gender by Malayalee Women\u003cbr\u003eJ.DEVIKA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCitizens, Workers and Emblems of Culture: An Analysis of the First Plan Document on Women\u003cbr\u003eMAITRAYEE CHAUDHURI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugust Anarchy\u003cbr\u003eRITU MENON AND KAMLA BHASIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePramila Tai\u003cbr\u003eSTREE SHAKTI SANGHATANA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. DEVELOPMENT\u003cbr\u003eWomen’s Work in Indian Census: Beginnings of Change \u003cbr\u003eMAITHREYI KRISHNARAJ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do Women Need Independent Rights in Land?\u003cbr\u003eBINA AGARWAl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBroader Issues for Discussion: Women’s Development Programme, Rajasthan\u003cbr\u003eSAHELI, SABALA SANGH, ACTION INDIA, DISHA, WOMWN’S CENTRE, FOW,AWAZ-E-NISWAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen, Kerala and some Development Issues\u003cbr\u003eK. SARADAMONI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeminism, Poverty and Globalization\u003cbr\u003eMARY E. JOHN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow Real is the Begey of Feminization?\u003cbr\u003eNIRMALA BANERJEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen in Struggle: A Case Study of the Chipko Movement\u003cbr\u003eKUMUD SHARMA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecolonizing the North\u003cbr\u003eVANDANA SHIVA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.VIOLENCE\u003cbr\u003eRape and the Construction of Communal Identity\u003cbr\u003eKALPANA KANNABIRAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitics of Widow Immolation\u003cbr\u003eSUDESH VAID\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDomestic Violence\u003cbr\u003eMALAVIKA KARLEKAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Impossible Subject: Cast and Desire in the Scene of the Family\u003cbr\u003eSUSIE THARU\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking Peace: An Introduction\u003cbr\u003eURVASHI BUTALIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. LAW\u003cbr\u003eAn Open Letter to the Chief Justice of India\u003cbr\u003eUPENDRA BAXI, VASUDHA DHAGAMWAR, RAGHUNATH KELKAR, LOTIKA SARKAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamily Courts: From the Frying Pan into the Fire?\u003cbr\u003eFLAVIA AGNES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuman Rights Lawyering: A Feminist Perspective\u003cbr\u003eNANDITA HAKSAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSexcapades and the Law\u003cbr\u003eRATNA KAPUR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnforcing Cultural Codes: Gender and Violence in Northern India \u003cbr\u003ePREM CHOWDHRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Two-child Norm and Population Policy\u003cbr\u003eMOHAN RAO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. EDUCATION\u003cbr\u003eWomen and the Nation: The Trouble with Their Voices\u003cbr\u003ePARTHA CHATTERJEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrishiksha or Education for Women\u003cbr\u003eTANIKA SARKAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEducation for Women’s Equality” National Policy on Education, 1986\u003cbr\u003eDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of my Sanskrit\u003cbr\u003eKUMUD PAWDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGender Inequality in Primary Schooling in India: The Human Rights Perspective\u003cbr\u003eKARUNA CHANANA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreating an Enabling Environment\u003cbr\u003eZOYA HASAN AND RITU MENON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGender and Curriculum\u003cbr\u003eDIPTA BHOG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. HEALTH\u003cbr\u003eBackpain, the Feminine Affliction\u003cbr\u003eVEENA SHATRUGNA, NIRMALA SOUNDARAJAN, P. SUNDARAIAH, LEELA RAMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContraceptive Research: Is there a Gender-Neutral Approach?\u003cbr\u003eVINEETA BAL, VANI SUBRAMANIAN AND LAXMI MURTHY, SAHELI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReproductive Health: A Public Health Perspective\u003cbr\u003eIMRANA QADEER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Health Our Heritage\u003cbr\u003eSHODHINI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Mind Our Madness\u003cbr\u003eBHARGAVI V. DAVAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Disabled Feminism?\u003cbr\u003eANITA GHAI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY\u003cbr\u003eThe Tyranny of the Household\u003cbr\u003eDEVAKI JAIN AND NIRMALA BANERJEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Economics and Patriliny: Consumption and Authority within the Household\u003cbr\u003eRAJNI PALRIWALA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Widows of November 1984\u003cbr\u003eJAYA SRIVASTAVA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearning to ‘Adjust’: Conjugal Relations in Indian Popular Fiction \u003cbr\u003eAMITA TYAGI SINGH AND PATRICIA UBEROI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON the Uniform Civil Code: Uniformity vs Equality\u003cbr\u003eBRINDA KARAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. CASTE AND TRIBE\u003cbr\u003eDalit Women: The Downtrodden among the Downtrodden\u003cbr\u003eRUTH MANORAMA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting Caste, Writing Gender: Dalit Women’s Testimonios\u003cbr\u003eSHARMILA REGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDalit Women: The Conflict and the Dilemma\u003cbr\u003eANNIE NANALA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaste and Women\u003cbr\u003eLEELA DUBE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen and Gender in the Study of Tribes in India\u003cbr\u003eVIRGINIUS XAXA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthnicity and Gender: Identity Politics among the Khasi\u003cbr\u003eTIPLUT NONGBRI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. COMMUNALISM AND RELIGION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Shah Bano Case\u003cbr\u003eRADHA KUMAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen’s Movements in a Secular Framework: Redefining the Agendas\u003cbr\u003eFLAVIA AGNES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen’s Movement and Religion\u003cbr\u003eGABRIELE DIETRICH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitics of Diversity: Religious Communities and Multiple Patriarchies\u003cbr\u003eKUNKUM SANGARI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePragmatics of the Hindu Right: Politics of Women’s Organizations Tanika Sarkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. SEXUALITIES\u003cbr\u003eUnravelling the Kamasutra\u003cbr\u003eKUMKUM ROY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Devadasi, Dharma and the State\u003cbr\u003eJANAKI NAIR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSex Workers’ Manifesto\u003cbr\u003eDURBAR MAHILA SAMANWAYA COMMITTEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesbian Emergence\u003cbr\u003eCAMPAIGN FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Troubled Existence of Sex and Sexuality: Feminists Engage with Censorship\u003cbr\u003eSHOHINI GHOSH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuerying Marriage and Family\u003cbr\u003eRINCHIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. LITERATURE AND MEDIA\u003cbr\u003eAlternative Interpretation of the Ramayana: Views from Below\u003cbr\u003eNABABEETA DEV SEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinodini Dasi: An Actress in the drama of public Modernity in India\u003cbr\u003eSUSIE THARU\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife after Rape: Narrative, Rape and Feminism\u003cbr\u003eRAJESWARI SUNDER RAJAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelugu Feminist Poetry\u003cbr\u003eVASANTH KANNABIRAN AND VOLGA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntegrating whose Nation? Tourists and terrorists Raja\u003cbr\u003eTEJASWINI NIRANJANA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Medium is the Message\u003cbr\u003eKALPANA SHARMA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGender Construction in the News Media\u003cbr\u003eSONIA BATHLA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ritu Menon \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153508135280,"sku":"24980","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/24980.jpg?v=1793910595","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/womens-studies-in-india-a-reader","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}