Landscape and Gender Traversing the Contested and Mediated ‘Spaces’ in India
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Author: | Edited by Sharmistha Chatterjee and Moumita Dey |
ISBN 13: | 9789358527780 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2024 |
Pages: | 394pp., |
Published On: | 1st July 2024 |
Subject: | Anthropology and Sociology/Women Studies |
About the Book
CONTENTS: List of Illustrations,
Acknowledgements,
Introduction by Sharmistha Chatterjee and Moumita Dey,
PART I: Historical Landscapes and Gendered Ideologies,
The Lost Space: Gender and Landscape in Premodern Bengal by Kaushik Gangopadhyay,
The Realm of the Goddess: Re(visiting) the Sacredscapes of a Vaishnavite Temple Town by Sharmistha Chatterjee,
Exploring the Culinary Landscape and Gender Roles inside the ‘Rasodums’: A Study of Dholavira Village, Gujarat by Ahana Ghosh and Sharada Channarayapatna,
Power without Authority: Women in Khasi Indigenous Political Institutions from Precolonial to Postcolonial Times by Srijani Bhattacharjee,
PART II: Contemporary Landscapes: Identifying Gender Roles and Agencies,
Women’s Leisure and Everyday Life in Rural Landscapes: A Study of a Coastal Village in Odisha by Puja Sardar,
Living at the Margins: The Female Prawn Catchers of the Sunderbans by Chandrani Dutta and Taneesha D. Mohan,
Implication of Mothers’ Education on the Empowerment of Adolescent Girl Students in a Rural Setting, Bankura District, West Bengal by Ayanika Sarkar and Biswaranjan Mistri,
Understanding Patterns of Violence in ‘Domestic Spaces’: A Study from the Urban Fringes of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal by Bidisha Barua,
Gendered Landscapes and Elderly Women in India: A Sociocultural Study of Alzheimer’s as a Women’s Disease by Tithee Datta,
Gender Disparities in Commuting Behaviour during Covid-19: Insights from Megacities of India by Aisharya Bhattacharjee and Subhadeep Mondal,
PART III: Towards ‘New’ Genderscapes,
Gendering the Transportscape: Understanding ‘Public Art’ and Community Engagements in Metro Stations by Subhadeep Mondal, Aisharya Bhattacharjee, and Monidip Mondal,
Queer and the Contemporary Urban Landscape: Reflections on Challenges and Prospects by Moumita Dey,
Bibliography,
Notes on Editors and Contributors,
Index.