Women and science in India : a reader / edited by Neelam Kumar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neelam Kumar.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in science--India--History.

Women in science.

History.

India.

Physical Description:

xxx, 351 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Transcript of papers presented in a seminar and articles previously published in several journals.

Contents:

Section I Historical Context

1 No `Science' for Lady Doctors: The Education and Medical Practice of Vernacular Women Doctors in Nineteenth Century Bengal / Geraldine Forbes 3

2 Contesting the Zenana: The Mission to Make `Lady Doctors for India' 1874-85 / Antoinette Burton 21

3 The Politics of Gender and Medicine in Colonial India: The Countess of Dufferin's Fund, 1885-88 / Maneesha Lal 55

4 Dispersed Radiance: Women Scientists in C.V. Raman's Laboratory / Abha Sur 98

Section II Contemporary Experiences

5 How Exportable are Western Theories of Gendered Science? A Cautionary Word / Carol C. Mukhopadhyay 137

6 Women in Science in India: Has Feminism Passed Them By? / Lalita Subrahmanyan 178

7 Uncovering the Gender Politics of Science Policies, Education, and Institutional Practices / Veena Poonacha 206

8 Triple Burden on Women Academic Scientists / Namrata Gupta, A.K. Sharma 232

9 A Glass Ceiling or a Glass Cage? Re-examining Women in Medicine / Alpana Sagar 258

10 Women's Participation in Scientific and Technical Education and Labour Markets in India / Malathy Duraisamy, P. Duraisamy 290

11 Gendered Equation in Science: An Organizational Aberration? / Neelam Kumar 310.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780195697056

0195697057

OCLC:

277205280