Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
Vibhuti Patel and Nandita Mondal (Eds.), Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India. Springer Nature, 2022, 277 pp., ₹10,858, ISBN 978-9811699733 (Hardcover).
Category Archives: Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Book review: Ruth Vanita, The Dharma of Justice in the Sanskrit Epics: Debates on Gender, Varna, and Species
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
Ruth Vanita, The Dharma of Justice in the Sanskrit Epics: Debates on Gender, Varna, and Species. Oxford University Press, 2022, 287 pages, ₹1,795. ISBN:9780192859822 hardback.
Ruth Vanita, The Dharma of Justice in the Sanskrit Epics: Debates on Gender, Varna, and Species. Oxford University Press, 2022, 287 pages, ₹1,795. ISBN:9780192859822 hardback.
Book review: Trina Nileena Banerjee, Performing Silence: Women in the Group Theatre Movement in Bengal
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
Trina Nileena Banerjee, Performing Silence: Women in the Group Theatre Movement in Bengal (Oxford University Press, 2021), 354 pp., ₹1795 (Hardbound). ISBN 978-0-19-012770-1.
Trina Nileena Banerjee, Performing Silence: Women in the Group Theatre Movement in Bengal (Oxford University Press, 2021), 354 pp., ₹1795 (Hardbound). ISBN 978-0-19-012770-1.
Book review: Norena Shopland, A History of Women in Mens’ Clothes: From Cross-Dressing to Empowerment
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
Norena Shopland, A History of Women in Mens’ Clothes: From Cross-Dressing to Empowerment. Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2021, 344 pages, ₹1,679
Norena Shopland, A History of Women in Mens’ Clothes: From Cross-Dressing to Empowerment. Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2021, 344 pages, ₹1,679
New Resources
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
The Precariat in Our Lives: Women Domestic Workers
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
Caring Hands, Fragile Health: Unravelling Women’s Occupational Health and Well-being in Domestic Work, Jagori, New Delhi, 2023.
Caring Hands, Fragile Health: Unravelling Women’s Occupational Health and Well-being in Domestic Work, Jagori, New Delhi, 2023.
Social Implications of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) on Women in India
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a technological innovation enabling infertile women to conceive through medical procedures. However, social inferences of IVF need to be contextualised within gender dynamics, especially in India. Though several studies have examined specific social aspects of IVF none have delineated the combination of determinants as well as implications of IVF for women. The present study assesses various social factors influencing choices for infertility treatments like IVF, and also the implications for women undergoing IVF. For a nuanced understanding of these conditions in the larger social context of India, 41 studies discussing important indices like gender dynamics, health status, power relations and social vulnerabilities of women experiencing IVF have been critically reviewed. Based on the review we contend that social pressures, gender identity, desire for a biological child, fear of marital discord and loss of self-esteem are most important factors determining such decisions.
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a technological innovation enabling infertile women to conceive through medical procedures. However, social inferences of IVF need to be contextualised within gender dynamics, especially in India. Though several studies have examined specific social aspects of IVF none have delineated the combination of determinants as well as implications of IVF for women. The present study assesses various social factors influencing choices for infertility treatments like IVF, and also the implications for women undergoing IVF. For a nuanced understanding of these conditions in the larger social context of India, 41 studies discussing important indices like gender dynamics, health status, power relations and social vulnerabilities of women experiencing IVF have been critically reviewed. Based on the review we contend that social pressures, gender identity, desire for a biological child, fear of marital discord and loss of self-esteem are most important factors determining such decisions.
Constructing Adolescent Sexuality Through Schooling: Analysis on Gender Socialisation in All-girls Schools at the Secondary Level in Kerala
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
This article seeks to understand the processes of gender socialisation in schools. The article endeavours to analyse the construction of normative femininity in the strict contours of schooling and to capture the response of students to it. The context of this article is the critique of the celebrated Kerala development model, suggesting that a better status for women continues to be a challenging process. The research was carried out on adolescents in two all-girls schools in Kerala, a convent private school and a government school. Qualitative research methods were used for the study. The research foregrounds how schooling continues to perpetuate the social control of girls that undercuts the efforts and aims of the curriculum. The article presents key aspects of the socialisation of female sexuality that spawns a stereotypical and rigid femininity.
This article seeks to understand the processes of gender socialisation in schools. The article endeavours to analyse the construction of normative femininity in the strict contours of schooling and to capture the response of students to it. The context of this article is the critique of the celebrated Kerala development model, suggesting that a better status for women continues to be a challenging process. The research was carried out on adolescents in two all-girls schools in Kerala, a convent private school and a government school. Qualitative research methods were used for the study. The research foregrounds how schooling continues to perpetuate the social control of girls that undercuts the efforts and aims of the curriculum. The article presents key aspects of the socialisation of female sexuality that spawns a stereotypical and rigid femininity.
Book review: Jayati Ghosh, The Making of a Catastrophe: The Disastrous Economic Fallout of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 122-126, February 2024.
Jayati Ghosh, The Making of a Catastrophe: The Disastrous Economic Fallout of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India. Aleph Book Company, 2022, 271 pages, ₹799 (Hardbound). ISBN 978-93-90652-96-9.
Jayati Ghosh, The Making of a Catastrophe: The Disastrous Economic Fallout of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India. Aleph Book Company, 2022, 271 pages, ₹799 (Hardbound). ISBN 978-93-90652-96-9.
Book review: Uma Chakravarti, Sadhana Arya and Vasanthi Raman (Eds), Stree Adhyayan: Ek Parichay
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 129-133, February 2024.
Uma Chakravarti, Sadhana Arya and Vasanthi Raman (Eds), Stree Adhyayan: Ek Parichay (trans. Vijay Jha). Vani Prakashan, 2021, 456 pages, ₹499 (paperback), ₹795 (hardbound). ISBN 8194939801.
Uma Chakravarti, Sadhana Arya and Vasanthi Raman (Eds), Stree Adhyayan: Ek Parichay (trans. Vijay Jha). Vani Prakashan, 2021, 456 pages, ₹499 (paperback), ₹795 (hardbound). ISBN 8194939801.