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Women in Indian Society
The objectives of this course are-
- To learn ways of looking at various spaces in status of Indian women in society transgressing from ancient to modern times.
- To become aware about women’s exploitation.
- To learn about various legal and constitutional measures related to women.
Course Outcomes (COs):
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WMS 201 |
Women in Indian Society |
CO 13: Inculcate the knowledge about women’s representation since historical times. CO 14: Discuss legal safeguards for women. CO 15: Classify the constitutional measures beneficial to women. CO 16: Formulate problems and solutions for women’s exploitation |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments
Learning activities for the students: Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Women’s representation in Ancient Indian History and Medieval history (Awadh)
Article 14-21
Forms and Structures (Introducing Caste and Gender) – Notions of marriage
Organized sector, unorganized sector, self employed and unpaid labour (Ela Bhatt SEWA); Equal wages for equal work, Maternity related laws.
Child Marriage abolition Act2006, RenukaPamecha Anti Sati 1987, Domestic Violence Act 2005, Sexual Harassment at work placeDec 2013 based on Vishakha Guidelines, Anti Rape2013,Equal wages for equal work: Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
- Shagufta Parveen, Women and Society, Anmol Publication, Pvt. Ltd. 2007
- 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
- Dube, Leela & Palriwala, Rajani, (eds), ‘Structures and Strategies: Women, Work and Family’, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1990
- Chakraborty, Dipangshu; Atrocities on Indian Women, A P H Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 1999
- Altekar A.S., The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, 2nd Edition, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1978
- Desai, Neera, Women in Modern India, Vora, Mumbai 1957
- Pardeshi, P, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and the Women’s Question in India, Women’s Question, Women’s Studies Centre, Pune, 1998
- Roy, K. Women in Early Indian Society, Manohar, New Delhi 1999
- Forbes, Geraldine, Women in Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996
Unit I
Story of Savitri from Mahabharata, pp 55-65, Chaturvedi Badrinath, Women in Mahabharata, Orient Blackswan, Hyderabad 2011
pp.106-124 History, Women’s Studies in India, 2008
Chakravarti Uma, Beyond the Altekarian Paradigm: Towards a new Understanding of Gender Relations in Early Indian History
Kidwai Saleem, Of Begums and Tawaifs: The Women of Awadh.
Unit II
pp 96-143 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.
Unit III
pp 452-458, Rege, Sharmila, Writing Caste, Writing Gender: Dalit Women’s Testimonies; 466-475 Dube, Leela, Caste and Women; in WSI, 2008
Unit IV
p.2-3 Tripathy, S.N., Women in Informal Sector, Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, 2003
In Mary E John ed. Women’s Studies in India, A Reader, Penguin Books, 2008
pp 168-174Krishnaraj, Maitreyi, Women’s Work in Indian Census
pp.198-9, John, Mary, Feminism, Poverty and Globalization (about SEWA)
Unit V
Know Your Rights: A Legal Handbook For Women, School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2011
