Gender Relations In Early India

Author : Vinita Chandra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 8131603792

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Gender Relations in Early India by Vinita Chandra Pdf

This book examines the existing myths regarding the historical views of women in India: (a) that women in early India were a homogenous category; (b) that the dharmauastras (ancient scripture on code of conduct) are the foundational documents of 'Hindu' way of life, responsible for tightening the noose around the lives of women in India; and (c) that the dharmauastras are the representative texts of Indian tradition, seeking to protect Indian women under specific historical circumstances. The book also argues that gender relations were shaped and manifested differently across different regions and cultures in early India, and that the dharmauastras may neither be considered as "foundational documents" nor can they be considered as "representative texts" of Indian tradition. The dharmauastras were only one of the many genres of literature produced in ancient India.

Author : Kumkum Roy
Publisher : Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8173043825

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Women in Early Indian Societies by Kumkum Roy Pdf

Women In Early Indian Societies Is An Anthology Of Articles And Excerpts From Leading Works On The Theme. There Is A Special Focus On Issues And Perspectives In Historical Writings, On The Material Underpinnings Of Gender Relations, Socio-Sexual Construction Of Gender And The Complex Relationship Between Women And Religious Traditions. The Introductory Essay And Bibliography Contextualise The Themes Which Are Explored And Suggest Possibilities For Future Research.

Author : Dr. Shalini Shah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Mahābhārata
ISBN : 8173049777

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The Making of Womanhood by Dr. Shalini Shah Pdf

Author : Kumkum Roy,Snigdha Singh,Shatarupa Bhattacharya,Tara Sheemar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9384092770

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Beyond the Women in Question by Kumkum Roy,Snigdha Singh,Shatarupa Bhattacharya,Tara Sheemar Pdf

Beyond the 'Woman Question' both revisits and interrogates some of the central tenets of the 'woman question' as it emerged in colonial India and shaped (and continues to shape) subsequent historiography. These include issues of women's access to resources, ritual 'rights', and locations within the family, primarily relating to an unmarked category of upper-caste/class women. In terms of chronology, the essays range from the mid-first millennium BCE to the turn of the first/ second millennium CE. Spatially, they deal with regions as diverse as Kashmir, and parts of north and central India. Using a wide range of sources--inscriptional and visual as well as normative and narrative texts--this book contends that gender identities were not monolithic, even as elite women seem to be the most visible/accessible. The issues explored include participation in gift exchanges and their economic, social, political and cultural significance; the construction of gender identities through rituals; and the representation of gender relations in literary traditions. Collectively, the volume contributes to the growing body of historical research on gender relations in early India.

Author : Nita Kumar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000898200

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Women, Gender and History in India by Nita Kumar Pdf

Women, Gender and History in India examines Indian history through a thematic lens of women and gender across different contexts. Through an inter-disciplinary approach, Nita Kumar uses sources from literature, folklore, religion, and art to discuss historical and anthropological ways of interpreting the issues surrounding women and gender in history. As part of the scholarly movement away from a Grand Narrative of South Asian history and culture, this volume places emphasis on the diversity of women and their experiences. It does this by including analyses of many different primary sources together with discussion around a wide variety of theoretical and methodological debates – from the mixed role of colonial law and education to the conundrum of a patriarchy that worships the Goddess while it strives to keep women in subservience. This textbook is essential reading for those studying Indian history and women and gender studies.

Author : Kumkum Roy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : NWU:35556040912107

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The Power of Gender and the Gender of Power by Kumkum Roy Pdf

Papers mostly presented at various seminars; some previously published.

Author : Kumkum Roy
Publisher : Ratna Sagar
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9384092789

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Beyond the Women in Question: Reconstructing Gendered Identities in Early India by Kumkum Roy Pdf

Beyond the 'Woman Question' both revisits and interrogates some of the central tenets of the 'woman question' as it emerged in colonial India and shaped (and continues to shape) subsequent historiography. These include issues of women's access to resources, ritual 'rights', and locations within the family, primarily relating to an unmarked category of upper-caste/class women. In terms of chronology, the essays range from the mid-first millennium BCE to the turn of the first/ second millennium CE. Spatially, they deal with regions as diverse as Kashmir, and parts of north and central India. Using a wide range of sources--inscriptional and visual as well as normative and narrative texts--this book contends that gender identities were not monolithic, even as elite women seem to be the most visible/accessible. The issues explored include participation in gift exchanges and their economic, social, political and cultural significance; the construction of gender identities through rituals; and the representation of gender relations in literary traditions. Collectively, the volume contributes to the growing body of historical research on gender relations in early India.

Author : Peter N. Stearns
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0415223113

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Gender in World History by Peter N. Stearns Pdf

Completely updated to include with new chapters, this is second edition is a fascinating exploration of what happens to established ideads about men and women, and their roles, when different cultural systems come into contact.

Author : Jyoti Atwal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9384082988

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Real and Imagined Widows by Jyoti Atwal Pdf

Real and Imagined Widows: Gender Relations in Colonial North India explores the politico-cultural imagination that formed the subtext of the reformist, nationalist and women's discourses on widowhood from the colonial period to the 1950s. The reformist voice and action on widowhood remained loosely defined so that the 1933 Bill in favour of giving property 'rights' to widows continued to be rejected by conservative Hindus in the United Provinces until 1937, when the debate led by Harbilas Sharda acquired a national status. This book examines the legislative debates on the relationship between sexuality, morality, property rights and widowhood. The volume also explores the world of literate widows of the early twentieth century many of whom were also writers. Some of them were conscious of the lacunae in the reformist agenda and developed a unique critique of their own regarding the economic, social and sexual oppression of Hindu widows. Helped by the emergence of a very active Hindi public sphere in the early twentieth century, they could cultivate a literary language of social protest through their autobiographies, poetry, short stories and novels. The complex connection between the nineteenth-century idea of widowhood and the concept of the anti-colonial Mother India of the 1920s transformed the notion of the ideal Hindu widow into a metaphor for a struggling/recovering nation in post-colonial India. In independent India, Nehruvian socialism uniquely combined with Gandhian moral reformism which continued to produce renewed and reformed cultural codes for widows in particular and for Indian women in general.

Author : Uma Chakravarti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Caste
ISBN : 8189524879

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Conceptualising Brahmanical Patriarchy in Early India by Uma Chakravarti Pdf

Author : Alice Thorner,Maithreyi Krishna Raj
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015053046697

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Ideals, Images, and Real Lives by Alice Thorner,Maithreyi Krishna Raj Pdf

Women studies as a distinct field emerged in India in the mid-seventies. But preoccupation with the position of women dates back to more than a century and a half. By the use of methods of history, literary criticism and analysis of discourse, this volume seeks not only to illustrate the broadening of the sphere of women studies in India in recent years, but also to point to the need for relating ideas about women and gender relations to the social and economic forces that shape history.

Author : Teresa A. Meade,Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470692820

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A Companion to Gender History by Teresa A. Meade,Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks Pdf

A Companion to Gender History surveys the history of womenaround the world, studies their interaction with men in genderedsocieties, and looks at the role of gender in shaping humanbehavior over thousands of years. An extensive survey of the history of women around the world,their interaction with men, and the role of gender in shaping humanbehavior over thousands of years. Discusses family history, the history of the body andsexuality, and cultural history alongside women’s history andgender history. Considers the importance of class, region, ethnicity, race andreligion to the formation of gendered societies. Contains both thematic essays and chronological-geographicessays. Gives due weight to pre-history and the pre-modern era as wellas to the modern era. Written by scholars from across the English-speaking world andscholars for whom English is not their first language.

Author : Jyoti Atwal,Iris Flessenkämper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Sex role
ISBN : 0367898276

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Gender and Violence in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Jyoti Atwal,Iris Flessenkämper Pdf

"This volume examines gender-related violence regarding specific cultural and regional conditions. Using an interdisciplinary perspective, it discusses broader historical and contemporary developments which trigger violence paying attention to the social conditions, practices, discourses, and (cultural) experiences of gender-related violence. It situates gender-specific violence in historical and current constellations to reveal consistencies and developments; to explore and interpret similarities and differences; and to identify social causes of potential conflict. It focuses on sexual violence, especially on its function in establishing and distinguishing group identities. The book also studies the influence of physical violence on the stabilization or destabilization of traditional gender roles, particularly in the private sphere of marriage and family - a sphere that is considered a "starting-point for social change" in India today. The chapters also investigate the forms and mechanisms of political, economic or institutional violence in the legitimation or de-legitimation of traditional gender patterns. They also address issues of violence towards transgender people, disabled women, and minority women. This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of gender studies, history, women studies, sociology and political science"--

Author : Jyoti Atwal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Hindu women
ISBN : 938409238X

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Real and Imagined Widows by Jyoti Atwal Pdf

Author : Anjali Verma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429826429

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Women and Society in Early Medieval India by Anjali Verma Pdf

This book examines women and society in India during 600–1200 CE through epigraphs. It offers an analysis of inscriptional data at the pan-India level to explore key themes, including early marriage, deprivation of girls from education, property rights, widowhood and satī, as well as women in administration and positions of power. The volume also traces gender roles and agency across religions such as Hinduism and Jainism, the major religions of the times, and sheds light on a range of political, social, economic and religious dimensions. A panoramic critique of contradictions and conformity between inscriptional and literary sources, including pieces of archaeological evidence against traditional views on patriarchal stereotypes, as also regional parities and disparities, the book presents an original understanding of women’s status in early medieval South Asian society. Rich in archival material, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of ancient and medieval Indian history, social history, archaeology, epigraphy, sociology, cultural studies, gender studies and South Asian studies.