Title: Urban Women in Contemporary India: A Reader
Abstract: Preface INTRODUCTION - Rehana Ghadially PART ONE: RECONSTRUCTING GENDER Adolescence, Embodiment and Gender Identity - Meenakshi Thapan Elite Women in a Changing Society Male Hindi Filmgoers' Gaze - Steve Derne and Lisa Jadwin An Ethnographic Interpretation of Gender Construction Women as Emblems of Culture and Nation - U. Vindhya Conceptions of the Hindu Right and the Democratic Women's Movement Gender Roles and Cultural Continuity in the Asian Indian Immigrant Community in the U.S. - Shamita Das Dasgupta PART TWO: VIOLENCE Dowry-Murder - Jane Rudd An Example of Violence against Women When Homes are Torture Chambers - Vimochana Vimochana's Work with Victims of Domestic Violence Sexual Harassment at the Workplace - Vibhuti Patel Empowerment Approaches to Gender-Based Violence - Veronica Magar Women's Courts in Delhi Slums PART THREE: MEDIA Men and Women in Indian Magazine Advertisements - Mallika Das A Preliminary Report The Women's Movement and the Press in India - Rashmi Luthra The Construction of Female Foeticide as a Social Issue Portrayals of Sexual Violence in Popular Hindi Films, 1997-99 - Srividya Ramasubramanian and Mary Beth Oliver Packaging the Contemporary Woman in Television Fiction - Centre for Advocacy and Research Deconstructing the Role of 'Commerce' and 'Tradition' PART FOUR: NEO-LIBERAL GLOBALIZATION Showcasing India - Rupal Oza Gender, Geography and Globalization More than Just Tacking Women on to the 'Macro-Picture' - Sharmila Rege Feminist Contributions to Globalization Discourses Gender and Employment in the Context of Globalization - Rina Bhattacharya Some Facts and Figures Globalization and Women in India in the 1990s - Gabriele Dietrich PART FIVE: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ICT and the Technological U-Turn for Women - Ashima Goyal Gender, Cybercafes and Internet Access - Anikar Haseloff and Rehana Ghadially Bridging the Digital Divide? Empowering Women through ICT Education - Farida Umrani and Rehana Ghadially Facilitating Computer Adoption ICT Initiatives, Women and Work - Shobha Arun, Richard Heeks and Sharon Morgan Reproducing or Changing Gender Inequalities? PART SIX: POLITICS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Gender and Nationalism - Sikata Banerjee The Masculinization of Hinduism and Female Political Participation Greater Political Representation for Women - Leela Kasturi A Brief History of Events and Debates The Women's Question in Contemporary Politics - Vasanthi Raman Index
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-04-04
Language: en
Type: book
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