Images Of Women In Maharashtrian Society

Author : Anne Feldhaus
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791436594

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Images of Women in Maharashtrian Society by Anne Feldhaus Pdf

This volume, a companion to Images of Women in Maharashtrian Literature and Religion (SUNY Press, 1996), approaches more closely the realities of women's lives. Using historical documents from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and photographs, interviews, and conversations from the twentieth, the book constructs images of the conditions of women's lives in the modern state and traditional region of Maharashtra over the past three hundred years. The authors search for the ideas, understandings, and judgments that have shaped those conditions, for the conscious and unconscious images that have made women's lives what they have been. The contributors examine ways femininity and the power, status, and potential of women have been viewed; actual women emphasizing ideas about women. Understanding ideas of this kind is a necessary first step toward understanding, and perhaps eventually affecting, the actualities of women's lives. This book is divided into three parts. Part I is based on documentary sources from the eighteenth century. Part II explores the subjects and terms of the conservatism versus reform debate in Maharashtra, and thus complements recent studies on images of women in Bengal and other parts of North India during the colonial period. Part III, which presents contemporary images of women in Maharashtra, includes an examination of village women's work, a photo essay, an oral life history, and a bibliographical essay.

Author : Anne Feldhaus
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1996-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791428389

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Images of Women in Maharashtrian Literature and Religion by Anne Feldhaus Pdf

The essays investigate the images of women and femininity found in the traditions of the Marathi language region of India, Maharashtra, and how these images contradict the actualities of women's lives.

Author : Shailaja Paik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317673309

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Dalit Women's Education in Modern India by Shailaja Paik Pdf

Inspired by egalitarian doctrines, the Dalit communities in India have been fighting for basic human and civic rights since the middle of the nineteenth century. In this book, Shailaja Paik focuses on the struggle of Dalit women in one arena - the realm of formal education – and examines a range of interconnected social, cultural and political questions. What did education mean to women? How did changes in women’s education affect their views of themselves and their domestic work, public employment, marriage, sexuality, and childbearing and rearing? What does the dissonance between the rhetoric and practice of secular education tell us about the deeper historical entanglement with modernity as experienced by Dalit communities? Dalit Women's Education in Modern India is a social and cultural history that challenges the triumphant narrative of modern secular education to analyse the constellation of social, economic, political and historical circumstances that both opened and closed opportunities to many Dalits. By focusing on marginalised Dalit women in modern Maharashtra, who have rarely been at the centre of systematic historical enquiry, Paik breathes life into their ideas, expectations, potentials, fears and frustrations. Addressing two major blind spots in the historiography of India and of the women’s movement, she historicises Dalit women’s experiences and constructs them as historical agents. The book combines archival research with historical fieldwork, and centres on themes including slum life, urban middle classes, social and sexual labour, and family, marriage and children to provide a penetrating portrait of the actions and lives of Dalit women. Elegantly conceived and convincingly argued, Dalit Women's Education in Modern India will be invaluable to students of History, Caste Politics, Women and Gender Studies, Education Studies, Urban Studies and Asian studies.

Author : Meera Kosambi
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Hinduism and culture
ISBN : 8125018786

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Intersections by Meera Kosambi Pdf

The Essays In This Volume Examine The Socio-Cultural Continuities And Discontinuities That Resonate Through All Of India With Its Specific Echoes In Maharashtra. The Essays Range From Studies Of Mainstream Religion And Folk Beliefs, The Moulding Of Identities In Response To Colonial Rule, Socio-Economic Studies Of Scheduled Caste Groups In A Changing Society, Social Reform Movements And Their Effects On Women And Cultural Traditions. Underlying These Themes Is The Question Of Identity Of Cities, Communities And A Region.

Author : Rachel Sturman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107010376

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The Government of Social Life in Colonial India by Rachel Sturman Pdf

This book analyses religious law in colonial India, exploring how it encouraged gender equality and a rethinking of the relationship between state and society.

Author : Timothy Lubin,Donald R. Davis Jr,Jayanth K. Krishnan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139493581

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Hinduism and Law by Timothy Lubin,Donald R. Davis Jr,Jayanth K. Krishnan Pdf

Covering the earliest Sanskrit rulebooks through to the codification of 'Hindu law' in modern times, this interdisciplinary volume examines the interactions between Hinduism and the law. The authors present the major transformations to India's legal system in both the colonial and post colonial periods and their relation to recent changes in Hinduism. Thematic studies show how law and Hinduism relate and interact in areas such as ritual, logic, politics, and literature, offering a broad coverage of South Asia's contributions to religion and law at the intersection of society, politics and culture. In doing so, the authors build on previous treatments of Hindu law as a purely text-based tradition, and in the process, provide a fascinating account of an often neglected social and political history.

Author : Rebecca Samuel Shah,Joel Carpenter
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506447926

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Christianity in India by Rebecca Samuel Shah,Joel Carpenter Pdf

Christianity has been present in India since at least the third century, but the faith remains a small minority. Even so, Christianity is growing rapidly in parts of the subcontinent, and has made an impact far beyond its numbers. Yet Indian Christianity remains highly controversial, and it has suffered growing discrimination and violence. This book shows how Christian converts and communities continue to make contributions to Indian society, even amid social pressure and violent persecution. In a time of controversy in India about the legitimacy of conversion and the value of religious diversity, Christianity in India addresses the complex issues of faith, identity, caste, and culture. It documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights, providing education and healthcare, fighting injustice and exploitation, and stimulating economic uplift for the poor. Readers will come away surprised and sobered to learn how these active initiatives often invite persecution today. The essays draw on intimate and personal encounters with Christians in India, past and present, and address the challenges of religious freedom in contemporary India.

Author : Susmita Roye
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780190991630

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Mothering India by Susmita Roye Pdf

Indian writing in English (IWE) is now a widely recognized and awarded genre, boasting of world renowned authors in its ranks. The ‘fathers’ of IWE, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, and Raja Rao, have now been canonized and their works widely studied. Yet, very little scholarly attention has been paid to the pioneering literary contributions of Indian women to analyse their effect on the cultural history of their times. Mothering India addresses this lack and concentrates on early Indian women’s fiction written between 1890 and 1947. It not only evaluates the influence of women authors on the rise of IWE, but also explores how they reassessed and challenged stereotypes about womanhood in India, adding their voice to the larger debate about social reform legislations on women’s rights. Moreover, in choosing to write in the colonizer’s language, they seized the attention of a much wider international readership. In wielding their pens, these trendsetting women stepped into the literary landscape as ‘speaking subjects’, refusing the passivity of being ‘spoken-of objects’, and thereby ‘mothering’ India by redefining her image.

Author : Hulas Singh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317398738

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Rise of Reason by Hulas Singh Pdf

This book offers one of the first critical evaluations and in-depth analysis of the intellectual movement in Maharashtra in the 19th century. Arguing against the prevalent view that Indian rationality was imported from Europe through the colonial agency, it traces the rational roots of the movement to indigenous intellectual traditions and history. It also questions the centrality assigned to the ‘Bengal Renaissance’ as being the representative of the contemporary intellectual movement in the country. Strongly grounded in primary research, this volume brings forth many new facts and facets into the scholarly discourse on topics such as the idea of ‘Drain’ and the rise of Indian nationalism, so far seen as a predominantly political process divorced from its cultural dimensions. It re-examines the view that cultural consciousness that preceded political agitation was a separate sphere of activity and suggests that both were integral stages of anti-colonialism in the country. The author maintains that rationalism and nationalism were closely connected as a means-and-end continuum. He also provides a new and substantially different understanding of the 19th-century intellectuals Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Pandita Ramabai among others. Lucid, accessible and thought provoking, this book will interest scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, Indian political thought, sociology, philosophy and Marathi literature.

Author : Alice Thorner,Maithreyi Krishna Raj
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8125008438

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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 : Aparajita Mukhopadhyay,Gargi Goswami
Publisher : DK Printworld (P) Ltd
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788193607688

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Ethics and Culture by Aparajita Mukhopadhyay,Gargi Goswami Pdf

The present volume of Ethics and Culture contains six articles of renowned teachers of Philosophy who are also the members of the Value Group, Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy, Jadavpur University. In all these articles authors have explored the contributions of the great thinkers of modern India regarding the value system of our country. Here the perspectives of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Dwijendranath Tagore, Tarabai Shinde, J.N. Mohanty and Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa have been discussed in detail as all of them have a distinct view and faith on the traditional cultural beliefs of India and also have taken a critical approach to judge the mundane, orthodox attitude of people. The authors have explained the views of these great thinkers as their unique interpretations about Indian tradition can be used as a weapon against cultural encroachment and intolerance. The book, thus, helps to revive the true essence of our culture which is veiled by many socio-political factors of the present world.

Author : Dr. Chetana Desai
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359859672

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SOCIOLOGY OF DANCE: A CASE STUDY OF KATHAK DANCE IN PUNE CITY by Dr. Chetana Desai Pdf

Author : Caroline Sweetman
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0855985046

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Gender, Development and Marriage by Caroline Sweetman Pdf

This book traces the economic and social impact of inequality in marriage, and considers its implications for development. Looking at child marriage; the link between women's economic contribution, equality within marriage, NGO responses to domestic violence, and the need to understand particular forms of marriage for appropriate development policy

Author : Ian Copland,Ian Mabbett,Asim Roy,Kate Brittlebank,Adam Bowles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136459504

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A History of State and Religion in India by Ian Copland,Ian Mabbett,Asim Roy,Kate Brittlebank,Adam Bowles Pdf

Offering the first long-duration analysis of the relationship between the state and religion in South Asia, this book looks at the nature and origins of Indian secularism. It interrogates the proposition that communalism in India is wholly a product of colonial policy and modernisation, questions whether the Indian state has generally been a benign, or disruptive, influence on public religious life, and evaluates the claim that the region has spawned a culture of practical toleration. The book is structured around six key arenas of interaction between state and religion: cow worship and sacrifice, control of temples and shrines, religious festivals and processions, proselytising and conversion, communal riots, and religious teaching/doctrine and family law. It offers a challenging argument about the role of the state in religious life in a historical continuum, and identifies points of similarity and contrast between periods and regimes. The book makes a significant contribution to the literature on South Asian History and Religion.

Author : Robert E. Upton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198900672

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The Thought of Bal Gangadhar Tilak by Robert E. Upton Pdf

This work is a systematic study of Bal Gangadhar Tilak's thought, focusing on his views on 'communal' relations within the Indian polity, on caste and reform in Hindu society, and on political ethics regarding violence and non-cooperation. The Thought of Bal Gangadhar Tilak adopts a contextualist approach, situating his ideas in local Maharashtrian as well as pan-Indian and global cultural-intellectual contexts. The approach blends Tilak's quotidian journalism and speeches alongside his canonical texts on Aryan history and on the Bhagavad Gita. The work marks a departure from current interpretations, emphatically arguing that he is misappropriated and/or misunderstood as a proto-Hindutva thinker. Instead, he is revealed to be a radical liberal who supports counter-autocratic violence, a majoritarian pluralist in terms of intercommunity relations, a self-strengthening reformer who focuses on masculinity, and a Brahmin supremacist who is committed to reshaping India for the challenges of modernity. This book lays emphasis on his remarkable recognition as the nation's 'founding father' and particularly demonstrates how this later appropriation by Gandhi was contested by those celebrating Tilak's approach to contest him during the crucial mid-1920s period when he was indelibly linked to re-emerging Hindutva. More recently, growing ahistorical demi-official insistence on his social progressivism illustrates a change in India's public culture, as does the use of popular or even legal pressure to de-legitimize perennial criticism of Tilak's socio-political positions.