Feminism in India

Paper Code: 
WMS 602
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

 Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies 

  
 

CO 65: Discuss the process of evolution of contemporary feminism.

CO 66: Define key debates central to feminism.

CO 67: Summarize the evolution of eco-feminism.

CO 68: Examine the relevance of spirituality as well as caste and class in context of feminism.

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments, Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

9.00

·     Feminism in India – Historical perspective: Emergence in 20th Century, After towards Equality, Institutionalizing Women’s Studies

 

 

 

9.00

                                                                                                                  

·     Debates of Feminism in India: the nature nurture controversy; Continuity versus Western influences.

 

 

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9.00

 Eco feminism: Emergence and Issues: Land, water, patenting, environment

 

 

9.00

   Women in spirituality: Creating spaces in existing religions; Freedom of expression and spirituality as a mode for challenging social norms

 

                                                                                                                   

 

9.00

·     Race, Class and Caste in Feminist Theory

Essential Readings: 

·     Stanley, Liz, ‘Feminist Praxis: Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology’, Routledge, London, 1990

·     Omvedt, Gail. We will Smash This Prison, Orient Longman Ltd, New Delhi 1979

·     Bhave, Sumitra. Pan on Fire: Eight Dalit Women Tell Their Story. New Delhi, Indian Social Institute, 1988

·     Kumar, Radha. The History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990, Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1993

·     Rege,Sharmila, Writing Caste/Writing Gender: Narrating Dalit Women's Testimonies, Women Unlimited, Delhi

·     Sangari, Kumkum and Vaid, Sudesh ed. Recasting Women, Delhi, Kali for Women, 1989

·     Mazumdar,Veena, Memories of a Rolling Stone, Kali for Women, New Delhi 2010

·     Chakravarti, Uma, Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai Delhi, Kali for Women, 1998.

·     Delaney, Tim, pp.202-230 ‘Feminist Theory’ in ‘Contemporary Social Theory’, Pearson Education, Inc. and Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. New Delhi, 2008

Academic Session: 
2022-23
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