Narratives from the Women's Studies Family : Recreating Knowledge

Narratives from the Women's Studies Family : Recreating Knowledge

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 388 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780761996958
  • DDC分類 305.40710954

基本説明

Records the early history of the women's movement in India by documenting the activities and opinions of 17 women's studies centres from across the country.

Full Description

This unique volume brings together the personal accounts of 17 scholars and activists who have initiated and/or nurtured centres for women's studies. The heterogeneous group represented here covers the entire range of the women's studies family in India. The contributors highlight the inroads that women's studies has made to the knowledge base in the social and material sciences and where it has inspired a shift in policy or a change in curriculum.

Contents

Introduction - Devaki Jain and Pam Rajput
Foreword - Arun Nigavekar
From Women's Education to Women's Studies - Neera Desai, Vina Mazumdar and Kamalini Bhansali
The Long Struggle for Legitimacy
PART ONE: CASE STUDIES OF UNIVERSITY-BASED WOMEN'S STUDIES CENTRES
Blazing a Quarter Century Trail - Maithreyi Krishnaraj
Research Centre for Women's Studies, SNDT University
From Cycle Shed to Powerhouse - Pam Rajput
Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Panjab University
Integrating Activism and Academics - Chaya Datar
Unit for Women's Studies, Tata Institute if Social Sciences
Catalysts and Deterrents - Susheela Kaushik
Women's Studies and Development Centre, Delhi University
Being a Woman Is Not Enough - Surinder Jetley
Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Banaras Hindu University
A Challenging and Inspiring Journey - Jasodhara Bagchi
School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University
Towards Justice - Bharati Ray
Centre for Women's Studies, Calcutta University
Crossing Boundary Politics - Regina Papa
Centre for Women's Studies, Alagappa University
Taking Wings within a University: Many Struggles, a Few Successes - Amita Verma
Women's Studies Research Centre, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University
From Presence to Identity - Rameshwari Varma
Women's Studies Centre, Mysore University
PART TWO: CASE STUDIES OF WOMEN'S STUDIES CENTRES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
Building a Service Station Brick by Brick - Devaki Jain
Institute of Social Studies Trust
Nurturing Links Between Scholarship and Activism - Anveshi Research Centre for Women's Studies
The Story of Anveshi
The Discourse Between Studies, Institutions and Critical Pedagogy - Kumud Sharma
Centre for Women's Development Studies
PART THREE: INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARS
My Journey into Women's Studies - V S Elizabeth
Full Circle - Leela Gulati
Women's Studies sans Institutions
Oppositional Imaginations - Uma Chakravarti
Index