Feminist Theory and Movements (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24CWMS 201
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will help the students to develop insights into the structural problems associated with women by exposing them to background of feminist theory and movements enabling them to see women as a collective force.

 

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Course Outcomes: 

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24CWMS201

Feminist Theory and Movements

(Theory)

CO7 : Evaluate the role of women in several social movements.

 

CO8: Critically analyze global women’s movements of the local region.

CO9: Identify the contribution of several pioneers of the field.

CO10:. Develop insights for understanding the dynamics of women’s movements in co-relation to women’s studies.

CO11: Evaluating women led social movements and assessing the effectives of autonomous women groups to enhance women’s position in the contemporary society.

CO12: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Discussion, Tutorials

 

Learning activities for the students:

Reading assignments, Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

Unit I: 
Feminist Theory I
  • Rise of Feminism, Introduction to various stands of Feminism.
  • Liberal Feminism
  • Radical Feminism
  • Marxist Feminism
  • Socialist Feminism

 

18.00
Unit II: 
Feminist Theory II
  • Cultural Feminism
  • Eco-Feminism
  • Post Colonial Feminism
  • Post Modern Feminism

 

18.00
Unit III: 
International Women’s Movement
  • The socio-economic conditions of women during the age of Industrial revolution, The Seneca Falls Convention and the Call for Women's Rights 1848
  • Women’s rights movement 1848-1920, Suffrage Movement, Working Women issues

 

18.00
Unit IV: 
Women’s Movement in colonial India
  • Historical Developments of Social Reform Movements
  • The Colonial and Nationalist Responses, Women’s representation in Karachi Congress Resolution, National Movement and the genesis of feminism, AIWC, Quit India Movement, Women’s revolutionary activities.

 

18.00
Unit V: 
Women’s Movements in Post-Independence India
  • Tebhaga Movement and Telengana Movement
  • Roop Kanwar incident and anti-sati agitation, Movements for Uniform Civil code and ShahBano case
  • Dalit women and the question of double marginality

 

Essential Readings: 
  • BasabiChakrabarti, Women's Studies: Various Aspects. UrbiPrakashani2014
  • Mary E. John. Women's Studies in India: A reader. Penguin Books.2008
  • Betty Friedan. The Feminine Mystique. New York: Norton,1963

 

References: 

Suggested Readings:

  • Neera Desai (1988). “A Decade of Women’s Movement in India”.MeenaPandev, Bombay.
  • Radha Kumar. (1993). “The History of Doing”. Kali for Women, NewDelhi.
  • AparnaBasu&Bharati Rau: Women’s Struggle, (New Delhi: Manohar,1996).
  • Geraldine Forbes , Women in Modern India Cambridge University Press,1996.
  • Seneca Falls and the origins of the women's rights movement / by Sally G. McMillen Hardcover –2008
  • Sally J. Scholz, Feminism: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)Paperback – February 1,2010
  • Tong Rosemarie, Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction. Boulder: Westview Press,1989
  • Simon De Beauvoir (1949). “Second Sex”. Translated and edited by H.M. Parshley. Vintage Books,London.
  • Engels, Friedrich. (1979). “The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State”. Pathfinder Press, New York. (1884 tr.1902)
  • Vandana Shiva. (1991) Ecology and the Politics of Survival: Conflicts Over Natural Resources in India. Sage.
  • Firestone, Shulamith. (1970). “The Dialectic of Sex: The Case forFeminist

             Revolution‟. William Morrow, New York.

  • Gimenez, Martha. (1998). “Introduction‟ in MarxistFeminism/Materialist

              Feminism”. http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/mar.html

e-Resources

1. journals.sagepub.com/home/JWS

  2.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1758-5899.12593

 

Academic Session: 
2024-25
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