Women in Bengal : in reality and through representations / edited by Sudarshana Sen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sen, Sudarshana, editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Routledge research on gender in Asia series ; 27.

Routledge research on gender in Asia series ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--India--Bengal.

Women.

Women--India--Bengal--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 313 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.

Biography/History:

Sudarshana Sen is Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Gour Banga, India. She is the author of Anglo-Indian Women in Transition (2017).

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Women in Bengal: In Reality: 1. The Partition, Changing Mindscapes and Evolving Contours of Intimacy / Aparna Bandopadhayay

2. Peeping in a Girls' Madrasa in Malda: Getting an Insider's view / Srabonti Choudhuri

3. Debating the Livelihood Narratives of Home-based Zari Working Women of Panchla Area, West Bengal / Malinee Mukherjee

4. Care Crises Facing the Urban Middle-Class Elderly Women in India / Sinjini Roy

5. Exploring Liminal Identities in Indigenous Jatra Performances / Amrita Middey

6. Contradictions at the Feminine Space of a Kali Temple / Soma Dutta

7. Plight of Tiger widows of Sundarbans: Their Struggle, Cyclone and Pandemic / Sudeshna Saha

8. Acid Attacks in West Bengal / Tumpa Mukherjee

9. Motherhood: A Sacred desire or predicament? / Keya Bagchi

10. Unfolding Voices: Addressing the issues of Inconsistencies in studying the Indian Jewish Women / Shrabani Majumdar

11. Conflicting well-being of earth and future generation: Gendered fertility crisis in West Benga / Nibedita Bayen

12. Political Perception and Engagement of selected women professional of Kolkata: A Qualitative Focus Group Study / Siuli Mukherjee and A. K. Mukherjee

13. Looking forward at Livelihood Question through the Lens of Gender and Sexuality as perceived by Transfeminine Individuals / Srabasti Majumdar

14. Relocating the subaltern voice in the 'hijra' subjectivity(s): a Sociological Analysis of a lifestory / Anwesha Bhattacharyya

15. The 'Invisible Half': Women's Work in India in the Twenty-First Century / Nandini Mukherjee, Sanjukta De, and Jhilam Roy

16. Women, Linguistic Violence and Marginalization in India: An Exploration / Chandrabali Dutta

17. Exploring Institutional Birth and Organizational Culture: A Case Study of Matritva-Griha / Rukmani Sharma

Part II. Women in Bengal: Through Representations: 18. Anglo-Indian Women in Indian Cinema: Characters and Performances / Sudarshana Sen

19. Hyper Visible or Visibly Undervalued? Women in Post Pandemic Bengali Print Advertisement / Amrita Basu Roychowdhury

20. Denying Manhood and Becoming Women: Case Studies from India's Past and Present / Rajarshi Chakraborty

21. Sociological Study on the Journey of Devi Manasa towards the acknowledgement of her Divinity / Suparna Sarkar

22. Donna Hoke's Digital Essay on Intimate (Male) Rape, Epistemic Apertures, and Fourth-Wave Feminism in India: An Argument / Kusumika Dasgupta

23. Social Media Advertisements and Women's Empowerment: Imprints of Change? / Tanusree Paul

24. Women in Rituparno Ghosh's Cinema: A Selective Study / Mimi Bhattacharyya

25. Centering the Margin: Rabindranath Tagore, Nation-building and Mother-Child Intimacy / Nabamita Das

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 30, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Women in Bengal

ISBN:

9781003473930

1003473938

9781040109588

1040109586

9781040109656

1040109659

Publisher Number:

40032388333

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