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Women’s Studies in India: Historical Perspective [1]

Paper Code: 
WMS-321
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper introduces students to the historical processes which lead to Women’s Studies in India to enable them to recover Histories of women and perceive gender in various religious trends.

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Her-stories: Problems (historiography) and Possibilities of Recovering Women’s Histories: South Asia.

 

12.00

Division of labour, property relations in India, regional variations and major trends of agrarian expansion.

12.00

Early Political Structures and the Consolidation of Patriarchy. Mesopotamia, Early India,

12.00

Gendered Religious Traditions: (three parts)

Vedic Traditions/Brahminism

Buddhism and Jainism

Islam and Christianity

12.00

Role of Women in Independence movement

 

Academic Session: 
2015-16 [2]

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[1] https://sociology.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/women%E2%80%99s-studies-india-historical-perspective-0
[2] https://sociology.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-session/2015-16