Autorentext

Nilima Srivastava is Professor of Women's Studies at IGNOU and former Director of the School of Gender and Development Studies, India.

Sunita Dhal is Associate Professor at the School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU, India.

Klappentext

This volume brings together a comprehensive documentation of feminist research while locating gender from the perspective of both practice and praxis frameworks.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction Understanding Feminist Praxis and Practice: Beyond the Cliché Chapter 2: Gendered Social Norms and Attitudes in Access to Energy Chapter 3: Gendered Space in a Smart City: Traversing Women's Experiences in Informal Sector Chapter 4: Technology, Capitalism and Women: Resisting Self-alienation Chapter 5: Second sex in reproduction: Methodological reflections on engaging with working-class men on expectant fatherhood Chapter 6: "Long Live Nirbhaya": Performance, Performativity and Protest in Contemporary India Chapter 7: Tawaifs! Sexuality and Kathak Dance Chapter 8: Lived Experiences of Nude Art Models: Micro-ethnographic Reflections Chapter 9: Women's Lives Within Legal Pluralism: A Study in a Bodo Settlement Chapter 10: Negotiating Sexual and Reproductive Rights within Marriage: Feminist Reflections Chapter 11: Leading from Within: How women's "Inner conversations" Shape their Outer Realities Chapter 12: Relevant or not? Self-help Groups and Profit-oriented Microfinance in the Context of for poverty reduction and empowerment of Arunthathiyar women