Indian Feminisms: Law, Patriarchies and Violence in IndiaContributing to debates on feminism, this book considers the impact made by feminists in India from the 1970s. Geetanjali Gangoli analyses feminist campaigns on issues of violence and women’s rights, and debates on ways in which feminist legal debates may be limiting for women and based on exclusionary concepts such as citizenship. She addresses campaigns ranging from domestic violence, rape, pornography and son preference and sets them within a wider analysis of the position of women within the Indian state. The strengths and limitations of law reform for women are addressed as well as whether legal feminisms relating to law and women's legal rights are effective in the Indian context. The question of whether legal campaigns can make positive changes in women’s lives or whether they further legitimize oppressive state patriarchies is considered. The recasting of caste and community identities is also assessed, as well as the rise of Hindu fundamentalism and the ways in which feminists in India have combated and confronted these challenges. Indian Feminisms will interest researchers and students in the areas of feminism, law, women’s movements and social movements in India, and South Asia more generally. |
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... (Marxist). Hindu goddess, known for her role as destructor of evil, a non-benign form of Goddess Parvati, wife of Shiva. Kali is worshipped nationally, but especially in Eastern India, and has also been used as a feminist Glossary.
... (Marxist). Hindu goddess, known for her role as destructor of evil, a non-benign form of Goddess Parvati, wife of Shiva. Kali is worshipped nationally, but especially in Eastern India, and has also been used as a feminist Glossary.
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... wife at the point of marriage, payable to the woman at any agreed point during the marriage. If the marriage breaks down due to desertion, divorce or death, the husband is liable to pay the wife the agreed mehr. Morcha Popular ...
... wife at the point of marriage, payable to the woman at any agreed point during the marriage. If the marriage breaks down due to desertion, divorce or death, the husband is liable to pay the wife the agreed mehr. Morcha Popular ...
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... wife if she does not fulfil accepted gender roles including cooking, neglecting the home, or if her natal family do not provide the expected dowry (Kishor and Gupta 2004). Dowry demands at marriage are a part of Indian marriages, while ...
... wife if she does not fulfil accepted gender roles including cooking, neglecting the home, or if her natal family do not provide the expected dowry (Kishor and Gupta 2004). Dowry demands at marriage are a part of Indian marriages, while ...
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... wives in cinema2 or opposition to Sati in 1984 (Nandy 1998) or support for cinematic representations of lesbianism (Kapur 2000) have been constructed as the actions of women divorced from quintessential 'Indian' values. A possible ...
... wives in cinema2 or opposition to Sati in 1984 (Nandy 1998) or support for cinematic representations of lesbianism (Kapur 2000) have been constructed as the actions of women divorced from quintessential 'Indian' values. A possible ...
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... wives, and controlling women's appearance through impositions of dress codes. Women's bodies, as we will see, are seen symbolically to represent community and family honour (FAOW 2005). In the partition riots, women from different ...
... wives, and controlling women's appearance through impositions of dress codes. Women's bodies, as we will see, are seen symbolically to represent community and family honour (FAOW 2005). In the partition riots, women from different ...
Contents
Citizenship Legislative Debates and Womens Issues | |
Continuum between Civil | |
Custodial Rape and Feminist Interventions | |
The Campaign Against Domestic Violence | |
Conclusions | |
Index | |
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