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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 93-117 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Social Scientist |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 3/4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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This article also published in S. Amin and D. Chakrabarty (Eds.) (1996), Subaltern studies IX: Writings on South Asian history and society (pp. 223-260). New Dehli: Oxford University Press.This article also published in N. Menon (Ed.) (1999), Gender and politics in India (pp. 494-526). New Dehli: Oxford University Press.
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Problems for a contemporary theory of gender. / THARU, Susie; NIRANJANA, Tejaswini.
In: Social Scientist, Vol. 22, No. 3/4, 01.03.1994, p. 93-117.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
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T1 - Problems for a contemporary theory of gender
AU - THARU, Susie
AU - NIRANJANA, Tejaswini
N1 - This article also published in S. Amin and D. Chakrabarty (Eds.) (1996), Subaltern studies IX: Writings on South Asian history and society (pp. 223-260). New Dehli: Oxford University Press. This article also published in N. Menon (Ed.) (1999), Gender and politics in India (pp. 494-526). New Dehli: Oxford University Press.
PY - 1994/3/1
Y1 - 1994/3/1
N2 - Suddenly 'women' are everywhere. Development experts name 'gender bias as the cause of poverty in the third world'; population planners declare their commitment to the empowerment of Indian women; economists speak of the feminisation of the Indian labour force. Over 1991-92, for instance, upper-caste women thronged the streets in the anti-Mandal protests; the BJP identified women and dalits as the principal targets of their next election campaign; women shot into prominence as leaders in the Ramjanmabhoomi movement. The People's War Group of the CPI-ML found themselves drawn increasingly into popular women's campaigns against sexual and domestic violence, dowry and the sale of arrack. Film after film features the new woman as active, critical, angry-she also figures prominently in Doordarshan programmes. In overwhelming numbers, women have joined the literacy campaigns in Pondicherry and parts of Andhra Pradesh. And now we have the anti-arrack movement that threatens to destabilise the entire economy of the state.
AB - Suddenly 'women' are everywhere. Development experts name 'gender bias as the cause of poverty in the third world'; population planners declare their commitment to the empowerment of Indian women; economists speak of the feminisation of the Indian labour force. Over 1991-92, for instance, upper-caste women thronged the streets in the anti-Mandal protests; the BJP identified women and dalits as the principal targets of their next election campaign; women shot into prominence as leaders in the Ramjanmabhoomi movement. The People's War Group of the CPI-ML found themselves drawn increasingly into popular women's campaigns against sexual and domestic violence, dowry and the sale of arrack. Film after film features the new woman as active, critical, angry-she also figures prominently in Doordarshan programmes. In overwhelming numbers, women have joined the literacy campaigns in Pondicherry and parts of Andhra Pradesh. And now we have the anti-arrack movement that threatens to destabilise the entire economy of the state.
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DO - 10.2307/3517624
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 22
SP - 93
EP - 117
JO - Social Scientist
JF - Social Scientist
SN - 0970-0293
IS - 3/4
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