Women in Indian Society

Paper Code: 
WMS 201
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To unlearn and relearn ways of looking at various spaces in status of Indian women in society, transgressing from ancient to modern times. The students are encouraged to make new meanings of empowerment and create knowledge which will help them to enrich their confidence.

9.00
Unit I: 
Women and Society

Women and Society: Status of Women in various ages (Vedic, Post Vedic, Medieval).

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Indian Constitution and Women

Indian Constitution and Women: women’s formal and substantive equality in the Indian Constitution.

9.00
Unit III: 
Introducing Women related Laws

Introducing Women related Laws: Child Marriage abolition Act, Renuka Pamecha Anti Sati, Domestic Violence, Harassment at work place, Anti Rape, Protection laws, Equal wages for equal work, Maternity related laws. 

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Women and Work

Women and Work: Organized sector, unorganized sector, self employed and unpaid labour

 

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Women’s exploitation and oppression

Women’s exploitation and oppression: Forms and Structures (Class and Caste).

Essential Readings: 

Unit I

Neera Desai & Usha Thakkar, Women in Indian Society, National Book Trust, 2001

Unit II & III

Radha Kumar, History of Doing, An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990, Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1993 pp 96-143, 172-182.

Unit IV

Nirmala Bannerjee, ‘Working Women in Colonial Bengal: Modernization and Marginalization’, in Recasting Women, Kali for Women, New Delhi, 2006 pp 269-301

In Mary E John ed. Women’s Studies in India, A Reader, Penguin Books, 2008, Women’s Work in Indian Census by Maitreyi Krishnaraj pp 168-174

References: 
  1. Shagufta Parveen, Women and Society, Anmol Publication, Pvt. Ltd. 2007
  2. Bhatty, Zarina, ‘Muslim Women in Uttar Pradesh: Social Mobility and Directions of Change’, in Alfred D’souza (ed.), ‘Women in Contemporary India and South Asia’, Manohar Publications, New Delhi 1980 pp 199-212 
  3. Dube, Leela & Palriwala, Rajani, (eds), ‘Structures and Strategies: Women, Work and Family’, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1990
  4. Chakraborty, Dipangshu; Atrocities on Indian Women, A P H Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 1999
  5. Altekar A.S., The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, 2nd Edition, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1978
  6. Desai, Neera, Women in Modern India, Vora, Mumbai 1957
  7. Pardeshi, P, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and the Women’s Question in India, Women’s Question, Women’s Studies Centre, Pune, 1998
  8. Roy, K. Women in Early Indian Society, Manohar, New Delhi 1999
  9. Misra, Rekha, Women in Mughal India (1526-1748), Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi, 1967
  10. Forbes, Geraldine, Women in Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996
  11. Atal, Yogesh, Changing Indian Society, Rawat Publication, 2006
  12. Sharma, K.L. Indian Social Structure and Change, Rawat Publication, 2007
  13. Kuppuswamy, B, Social Change in India, Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd, Delhi 1993
Academic Session: 
2017-18
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