This book covers a range of issues and phenomena around gender-related violence in specific cultural and regional conditions. Using an interdisciplinary approach it discusses historical and contemporary developments that trigger violence while highlighting the social conditions practices discourses and cultural experiences of gender-related violence in India. Beginning with the issues of gender-based violence within the traditional context of Indian history and colonial encounters it moves on to explore the connections between gender minorities marginalisation sexuality and violence especially violence against Dalit women disabled women and transgender people. It traces and interprets similarities and differences as well as identifies social causes of potential conflicts. Further it investigates the forms and mechanisms of political economic and institutional violence in the legitimation or de-legitimation of traditional gender roles. The chapters deal with sexual violence violence within marriage and family influence of patriarchal forces within factory-based gender violence and global processes such as demand-driven surrogacy and the politics of literary and cinematic representations of gender-based violence. The book situates relevant debates about India and underlines the global context in the making of the gender bias that leads to violence both in the public and private domains. An important contribution to feminist scholarship this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of gender studies women’s studies history sociology and political science. | Gender and Violence in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Situating India
This book covers a range of issues and phenomena around gender-related violence in specific cultural and regional conditions. Using an interdisciplinary approach it discusses historical and contemporary developments that trigger violence while highlighting the social conditions practices discourses and cultural experiences of gender-related violence in India. Beginning with the issues of gender-based violence within the traditional context of Indian history and colonial encounters it moves on to explore the connections between gender minorities marginalisation sexuality and violence especially violence against Dalit women disabled women and transgender people. It traces and interprets similarities and differences as well as identifies social causes of potential conflicts. Further it investigates the forms and mechanisms of political economic and institutional violence in the legitimation or de-legitimation of traditional gender roles. The chapters deal with sexual violence violence within marriage and family influence of patriarchal forces within factory-based gender violence and global processes such as demand-driven surrogacy and the politics of literary and cinematic representations of gender-based violence. The book situates relevant debates about India and underlines the global context in the making of the gender bias that leads to violence both in the public and private domains. An important contribution to feminist scholarship this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of gender studies women’s studies history sociology and political science. | Gender and Violence in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Situating India
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