1st Edition
Mapping Gender From the Margins to the Core
Chapter 1: Introduction Understanding Feminist Praxis and Practice: Beyond the Cliché
Nilima Srivastava and Sunita Dhal
Chapter 2: Gendered Social Norms and Attitudes in Access to Energy
Govind Kelkar and Dev Nathan
Chapter 3: Gendered Space in a Smart City: Traversing Women’s Experiences in Informal Sector
Archana Patnaik and Maitrayee Mullick
Chapter 4: Technology, Capitalism and Women: Resisting Self-alienation
Khirod Chandra Moharana
Chapter 5: Second sex in reproduction: Methodological reflections on engaging with working-class men on expectant fatherhood
Devanik Saha
Chapter 6: “Long Live Nirbhaya”: Performance, Performativity and Protest in Contemporary India
Anita Singh
Chapter 7: Tawaifs! Sexuality and Kathak Dance
Nayonika Roy
Chapter 8: Lived Experiences of Nude Art Models: Micro-ethnographic Reflections
Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind
Chapter 9: Women’s Lives Within Legal Pluralism: A Study in a Bodo Settlement
Sawmya Ray
Chapter 10: Negotiating Sexual and Reproductive Rights within Marriage: Feminist Reflections
Gunjan Chandhok and Meenu Anand
Chapter 11: Leading from Within: How women’s “Inner conversations” Shape their Outer Realities
Meenakshi Krishnan and Vandana Vishnu
Chapter 12: Relevant or not? Self-help Groups and Profit-oriented Microfinance in the Context of poverty reduction and empowerment of Arunthathiyar women
Ranjani K. Murthy
Biography
Nilima Srivastava is Professor of Women’s Studies at IGNOU and former Director of the School of Gender and Development Studies, India.
Sunita Dhal is Associate Professor at the School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU, India.
