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History and gender : some explorations /

Gender as genre of history in India is virtually seen to be synonymous with womenâ??s history having originated out of the phenomenon of feminism. Few realize that â??womanâ?? and â??manâ?? both are cultural rather than biological categories, and any history based on this realization would subject t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Poonacha, Veena, Shah, Kirit K.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Jaipur : Rawat Publications, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Negotiating historical spaces : reclaiming women's agency in the writing of history / Veena Poonacha
  • Writing women's history or writing women into history? / Maithreyi Krishnaraj
  • The dark subcontinent of masculinity : viewing Indian through the lens of men's studies / Mangesh Kulkarni
  • Recent writings on gender relations in early India / Kumkum Roy
  • Interface between history and culture : Ghashiram Kotwal / Maya Pandit-Narkar
  • Theory and practice in Saivism / Radhika Seshan
  • Social construction of paid and unpaid work of Gujarati women in the Bombay Presidency (1881-1931) / Vibhuti Patel
  • Women's health in colonial Bombay, 1850-1920 / Mridula Ramanna
  • How not to be a Vaamana : traversing gender constructions of the domain of divinities / Krishna Mohan Shrimali.