This book is a pioneering intervention in the social sciences as it brings together the contributions made by Indian geographers in understanding gender. It engages with the recent spatial turn in social science scholarship, seeking to reclaim the explanatory power of space and place in social theory.
This book is a pioneering intervention in the social sciences as it brings together the contributions made by Indian geographers in understanding gender. It engages with the recent spatial turn in social science scholarship, seeking to reclaim the explanatory power of space and place in social theory.
Saraswati Raju is Professor of Social Geography, Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt is Fellow at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University (ANU).
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Preface. Introduction 1. Gendered and Claiming a Place in the Androcentric Discipline of Geography: Revisiting the Familiar Saraswati Raju 2. 'Doing Gender' in Geography: An Indian Exploring Contemporary Feminist Methodologies Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Part I. World of Work 3. Mobilities and Spaces: Gendered Dimension of Migration in Urban India Arpita Bannerjee 4. Creating New 'Places': Women and Livelihoods in the Globalising Town of Burdwan, West Bengal Pallabi Sil 5. Gender, Poverty and Microfinance: Women Self-Help Groups in Burdwan, West Bengal Gopa Samanta 6. Interrogating Temporal and Spatial Negotiations: Home as the Gendered Site for Working Women in Delhi Taneesha Devi Mohan Part II. Reproduction, Survival and Care 7. Expanding Masculine Spaces: Planned Births and Sex Composition of Children in India Mohammad Izhar Hassan 8. Neighbourhoods and Narratives: Contextualising Gender and Child Health in Urban Lucknow Manisha Singh Part III. Domestic and Public Spaces 9. Unequal They Stand: Decision-making and Gendered Spaces within Family Mohammad Sanjeer Alam 10. Are Public Places Gendered Spaces? A Case of Kolkata Tanusree Paul . References. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors. Index
Preface. Introduction 1. Gendered and Claiming a Place in the Androcentric Discipline of Geography: Revisiting the Familiar Saraswati Raju 2. 'Doing Gender' in Geography: An Indian Exploring Contemporary Feminist Methodologies Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Part I. World of Work 3. Mobilities and Spaces: Gendered Dimension of Migration in Urban India Arpita Bannerjee 4. Creating New 'Places': Women and Livelihoods in the Globalising Town of Burdwan, West Bengal Pallabi Sil 5. Gender, Poverty and Microfinance: Women Self-Help Groups in Burdwan, West Bengal Gopa Samanta 6. Interrogating Temporal and Spatial Negotiations: Home as the Gendered Site for Working Women in Delhi Taneesha Devi Mohan Part II. Reproduction, Survival and Care 7. Expanding Masculine Spaces: Planned Births and Sex Composition of Children in India Mohammad Izhar Hassan 8. Neighbourhoods and Narratives: Contextualising Gender and Child Health in Urban Lucknow Manisha Singh Part III. Domestic and Public Spaces 9. Unequal They Stand: Decision-making and Gendered Spaces within Family Mohammad Sanjeer Alam 10. Are Public Places Gendered Spaces? A Case of Kolkata Tanusree Paul . References. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors. Index
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