Full Description
This book comprises the collected essays of Sharmila Rege (1964 - 2013), which span a range of themes, including critical perspectives on women's movements, Dalit standpoint feminism, and the relationship between Women's Studies and other disciplines. Written over two decades and more (from the 1990s to 2010), these pioneering essays draw from the struggles and writings of Dalit women, the long history of anticaste thought in Maharashtra and global feminist debates. Equally, they address enduring concerns to do with caste and gender, and call attention to the inseparability of struggles against caste and patriarchy.
Framed and annotated by an introduction that places Sharmila's work in the intellectual and historical contexts that shaped it, the volume also features short prefatory notes by her colleagues on the various themes taken up for discussion. Addressing, as it does, the researcher, the activist and the teacher, the book is indispensable for students and researchers of women's studies, feminism, gender studies, Dalit studies, minority studies, Sociology, as well as studies in language and rhetoric.
Contents
Introduction: Sharmila Rege - Articulating Feminist Reason SECTION 1: WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS, CONCERNS, HISTORIES Introduction: Women's Movements and Women's Studies 1. Sati - A Critical and Historical Analysis 2. The Politics of Gender Socialisation: The Example of Bekasi Ka Mazaar 3. Caste and Gender: The Violence Against Women in India 4. Homophobia in The Name of Marxism SECTION II: FEMINISM Introduction: Conceptualising Dalit Feminism 5. Dalit Women Talk Differently: A Critique Of 'Difference' And Towards a Dalit Feminist Standpoint Position 6. Real Feminism and Dalit Women: Scripts of Denial and Accusation SECTION III: AMBEDKARITE WORLDS SECTION IV: FEMINIST PEDAGOGY AND WOMEN'S STUDIES Introduction: 'Abrahmani' Feminist Pedagogy 7. Building Bridges: Welding Phule-Ambedkarite-Feminist Pedagogies 8. Education as Trutiya Ratna: Towards Phule-Ambedkarite Feminist Pedagogical Practice 9. Women's Studies Since the 1990s: Mapping New Conjunctures, Challenges and Strategies
