1st Edition

Women, Gender and History in India

By Nita Kumar Copyright 2023
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

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).