The Gendered Body in South Asia : negotiation, resistance, struggle / edited by Meenakshi Malhotra, Krishna Menon, Rachana Johri.
By: Meenakshi Malhotra.
Contributor(s): Malhotra, Meenakshi [(editor.)] | Menon, Krishna [(editor.)] | Johri, Rachana [(editor.)].
Language of document:EnglishPublisher: 2024Description: xv, 356 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781032702285.Other title: Gendered Body in South Asia.Subject(s): Body image in women -- South Asia | Gender identity -- South Asia | Human body -- Social aspects -- South Asia | Sex role -- South AsiaDDC classification: 305.30954 Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"-- Provided by publisher
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