Urban women in contemporary India : a reader /

Since the early 1990s, feminists in India have been rallying against integrating. the Indian economy into the world market, perceiving it as a phenomenon which. will lead to increased feminisation of poverty and the commodification of women. This anthology explores the impact of globalisation on Ind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ghadially, Rehana, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Los Angeles, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2007.
Temas:
Urban women > India > Social conditions.
Women's rights > India.
Feminism > India.
Femmes en milieu urbain > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Droits > Inde.
Féminisme > Inde.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Feminism
Urban women > Social conditions
Women's rights
Stadt
Soziale Situation
Frau
India
Indien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Adolescence, embodiment and gender identity : elite women in a changing society / Meenakshi Thapan
  • 2. Male Hindi filmgoers' gaze : an ethnographic interpretation of gender construction / Steve Deme and Lisa Jadwin
  • 3. Women as emblems of culture and nation : conceptions of the Hindu right and the democratic women's movement / U. Vindhya
  • 4. Gender roles and cultural continuity in the Asian Indian immigrant community in the US / Shamita Das Dasgupta
  • 5. Dowry-murder : an example of violence against women / Jane Rudd
  • 6. When homes are torture chambers : Vimochana's work with victims of domestic violence / Vimochana
  • 7. Sexual harassment at the workplace / Vibhuti Patel
  • 8. Empowerment approaches to gender-based violence : women's courts in Delhi slums / Veronica Magar
  • 9. Men and women in Indian magazine advertisements : a preliminary report / Mallika Das
  • 10. women's movement and the press in India : the construction of female foeticide as a social issue / Rashmi Luthra
  • 11. Portrayals of sexual violence in popular Hindi films, 1997-99 / Srividya Ramasubramanian and Mary Beth Oliver
  • 12. Packaging the contemporary woman in television fiction : deconstructing the role of 'commerce' and 'tradition' / Centre for Advocacy and Research
  • 13. Showcasing India : gender, geography and globalisation / Rupal Oza
  • 14. More than just tacking women on to the 'macro-picture' : feminist contributions to globalisation discourses / Sharmila Rege
  • 15. Gender and employment in the context of globalisation : some facts and figures / Rina Bhattacharya
  • 16. Globalisation and women in India in the nineties / Gabriele Dietrich
  • 17. ICT and the technological u-turn for women / Ashima Goyal
  • 18. Gender, cybercafes and internet access : bridging the digital divide? / Anikar Haseloff and Rehana Ghadially
  • 19. Empowering women through ICT education : facilitating computer adoption / Farida Umrani and Rehana Ghadially
  • 20. ICT initiatives, women and work : reproducing or changing gender inequalities? / Shoba Arun, Richard Reeks and Sharon Morgan
  • 21. Gender and nationalism : the masculinisation of Hinduism and female political participation / Sikata Banatjee
  • 22. Greater political representation for women : a brief history of events and debates / Leela Kasturi
  • 23. women's question in contemporary politics / Vasanthi Raman.

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