Unfolding Feminism in India: Women, Power and Politics

ISBN-13: 9781032156378 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 220 str.

University of Delhi) Sahu Skylab (Miranda House

Opis

This book examines various gender-based power politics in the Indian society. It studies gender intersectionality and feminism as a socio-political philosophy by understanding how power structures deeply rooted in and are supported by our patriarchal societies.

Spis treści

Foreword

Introduction

1 Sex and Gender

2 Patriarchy

3 Unfolding Feminism Within the Contours of Masculinity, Transgender, LGBTQ and Queer Politics

4 Feminism and Its Perspectives

5 Structures of Gender Inequality and Violence Against Women

6 Women and Work

7 Sex Workers in India and the Debates Around Work, Sexuality and Law

8 The Women’s Movement in India

Conclusion

References

Index

O autorze

Skylab Sahu is Assistant Professor in Miranda House at University of Delhi and currently a Barbro Klein Fellow at SCAS in the University of Uppsala, Sweden. She has completed her Ph.D. from Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. Her specialisation and areas of interest cover gender studies, Indian politics, political theory and political philosophy. She has published her research in edited books and several national and international refereed journals, such as Studies in Indian Politics, Sociological Bulletin, Indian Journal of Social and Economic Development, Journal of Health Management, Indian Journal of Political Science and Indian Journal of Social Work. She has authored two books: Gender, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS: Exploring Politics of Women’s Health in India (SAGE 2015) and Gender, Violence and Governmentality: Legal and Policy Initiatives (Routledge 2020).