Women, Gender and History in India

ISBN-13: 9781138301610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 248 str.

U Nita Kumar (Claremont McKenna College

Opis

Women, Gender and History in India examines Indian history through a thematic lens of women and gender across different contexts.

Spis treści

1. Gender in South Asia 2. Ancient India 3. Buddhism and the Emergence of Hinduism: The Maurya and Gupta Periods 4. The Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Dynasties 5. The Colonial Period: Changes in Work Roles 6. The Colonial Period: Changes in Socialisation and Education 7. The Colonial Period Into the Present: Marriage, Widowhood, Reform 8. Nationalism and Partition 9. Gender, Women, and Hinduism 10. Gender, Women, and Islam 11. Sexuality, Films, and the Arts

O autorze

Nita Kumar is Professor Emerita, Claremont McKenna College, California, and Honorary Director, NIRMAN, Varanasi. Her research includes the history and anthropology of education, children, women, artisans, and Banaras. Her publications include The Artisans of Banaras (1988), Friends, Brothers, and Informants (1992), Lessons from Schools (2000), and The Politics of Gender, Communities, and Modernity (2007).