Gendered violence in public spaces : women's narratives of travel in neoliberal India / edited by Swathi Krishna S. and Srirupa Chatterjee ; foreword by Shilpa Phadke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krishna S., Swathi, 1990- editor.

Chatterjee, Srirupa, 1979- editor.

Phadke, Shilpa, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender-based violence--India.

Gender-based violence.

Women--Violence against--India.

Women.

Public spaces--India--Safety measures.

Public spaces.

Violence in motion pictures.

Public spaces--Safety measures.

Women--Violence against.

India.

Physical Description:

xvi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2023]

Summary:

"This book examines the vulnerability of women in public spaces in India through the analysis of artistic representations ranging from emerging digital media, commercial Hindi films and graphic narratives to narratives of real and lived experiences of women. In doing so, the book resists gendered violence and champions women's right to mobility"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Gendered Violence and Women in Public Spaces

No Longer Innocent: Male Gaze, Violence, and Female Kinship in Kishwar Desai's

'The Sea of Innocence'

Peripheral Urbanization as Queer Identity in Arundhati Roy's 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'

Mirrors of Reality: Toxic Masculinity, Traveling Women, and The Representation of Acid Attack Victim-Survivors in 'Priya's Mirror'

Stepping Out: Global Bollywood, Gendered Landscape, and Undercurrents of Neo-liberal Pleasures

Celluloid Women Rewriting Rules of Travel in Contemporary Hindi Cinema

The Conditional Promise of Empowerment and Pleasure: An Intersectional Analysis of Hindi Film Portrayals of Women Navigating Public Spaces in India

Traveling Women and their Male Companions: Framing Risks and Vulnerabilities in Indian Road Films

Roads, Dreams, and Violence: Tracing the Mental Landscape of India's Domestic Workers

Negotiating Violence and Traversing the City: Female Vulnerability in 'Delhi Crime' (2019) and 'She' (2020)

Working Night Shifts, Traversing Neoliberal Roads: Spatial-Temporal Confluence and the Male Gaze

Women Journalists Negotiating Space in India's 'Small' Cities

Travel with Care: Reinforcing Patriarchy through Tips for Solo Female Travelers in India

Women and the Road: Possibilities and Promises.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gendered violence in public spaces.

ISBN:

9781666902327

1666902322

OCLC:

1381127046