Description
Product ID: | 9781032525709 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Gendered Body in South Asia |
Subtitle: | Negotiation, Resistance, Struggle |
Authors: | Author: Krishna Menon, Rachana Johri, Meenakshi Malhotra |
Page Count: | 356 |
Subjects: | Cultural studies, Cultural studies, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology, Anthropology, Politics and government, Regional geography, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Sociology, Anthropology, Politics & government, Regional geography, Indian sub-continent |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book situates the discourse on the gendered body within the rapidly transitioning South Asian socio-economic and cultural landscape. It critically analyses gender politics from different disciplinary perspectives including psychoanalysis, post structuralism, post colonialism and law among others. This book situates the discourse on the gendered body within the rapidly transitioning South Asian socio-economic and cultural landscape. It critically analyzes gender politics from different disciplinary perspectives including psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, post-colonialism and law among others. Enriched by contributions from well-known South Asian feminist scholars, this book discusses themes such as democracy and dissent, citizenship and violence and how the female body has historically been used in these discussions as a shield and a weapon. It also focuses on technology and misogyny, the politics of veiling and unveiling, the body of the Muslim women in contemporary India as well as bodies which are marginalized or labelled transgressive or monstrous. The chapters in the volume showcase the complexities, convergences and divergences which exist in the conception and understanding of the gendered body, sexuality and gender roles in different socio-cultural spaces in South Asia and how women negotiate these boundaries. Topical and comprehensive, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of gender studies, sociology, political sociology, social anthropology, cultural studies, post-colonial studies and South Asian studies. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge India |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-09-14 |