Urban women in contemporary India [electronic resource] : a reader / edited by Rehana Ghadially.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghadially, Rehana, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban women--India--Social conditions.

Urban women.

Women's rights--India.

Women's rights.

Feminism--India.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the early 1990s, feminists in India have been rallying against integrating. the Indian economy into the world market, perceiving it as a phenomenon which. will lead to increased feminisation of poverty and the commodification of women. This anthology explores the impact of globalisation on Indian women and the struggle. for gender equality. Since urban India has taken the initial benefit and brunt. of globalisation, the focus here is on urban women, particularly from the educated. middle class. The two dozen essays in this book offer insights into:. - gender identity, gender relations an

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Adolescence, Embodiment and Gender Identity: Elite Women in a Changing Society; Male Hindi Filmgoers' Gaze: An Ethnographic Interpretation of Gender Construction; Women as Emblems of Culture and Nation: Conceptions of the Hindu Right and the Democratic Women's Movement; Gender Roles and Cultural Continuity in the Asian Indian Immigrant Community in the US; Dowry-murder: An Example of Violence against Women; When Homes are Torture Chambers: Vimochana's Work with Victims of Domestic Violence; Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

Empowerment Approaches to Gender-based Violence: Women's Courts in Delhi SlumsMen and Women in Indian Magazine Advertisements: A Preliminary Report; The Women's Movement and the Press in India: The Construction of Female Foeticide as a Social Issue; Portrayals of Sexual Violence in Popular Hindi Films, 1997-99; Packaging the Contemporary Woman in Television Fiction: Deconstructing the Role of 'Commerce' and 'Tradition'; Showcasing India: Gender, Geography and Globalisation; More than Just Tacking Women on to the 'Macro-Picture': Feminist Contributions to Globalisation Discourses

Gender and Employment in the Context of Globalisation: Some Facts and FiguresGlobalisation and Women in India in the Nineties; ICT and the Technological U-Turn for Women; Gender, Cybercafes and Internet Access: Bridging the Digital Divide?; Empowering Women through ICT Education: Facilitating Computer Adoption; ICT Initiatives, Women and Work: Reproducing or Changing Gender Inequalities?; Gender and Nationalism: The Masculinisation of Hinduism and Female Political Participation; Greater Political Representation for Women: A Brief History of Events and Debates

The Women's Question in Contemporary PoliticsAbout the Editor and Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

93-5280-329-9

1-281-96523-5

9786611965235

81-7829-956-9

OCLC:

476231195