Full Description
This book is an anthology of the collected essays of Sharmila Rege (1964 - 2013) that addresses themes to do with pedagogy and culture. Rege makes a compelling argument for rethinking the content of sociological knowledge and invokes in this context, Anticaste radical philosophies, associated with Mahatma Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar as well as the writings of Dalit women. Equally, she seeks to rethink and engender the domain of Cultural Studies. She calls attention to 'Dalit counter-publics', comprising performance and commemorative traditions that are committed to ending the caste order and argues for a critical rethinking of the relationship between caste, sexuality, and popular culture.
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, Cultural Studies, Performance Studies, as well as studies in language and rhetoric.
Contents
Introduction: Sharmila Rege - Articulating Feminist Reason SECTION 1: FEMINIST INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES Introduction: Sharmila Rege's Contribution to Sociology 1. Feminist Pedagogy And Sociology For Emancipation In India 2. Exorcising The Fear Of Identity: Interrogating The 'Language Question' In Sociology And Sociological Language 3. Dalit Studies As Pedagogical Practice: Claiming More Than Just A 'Little Place' In The Academia SECTION 2: AMBEDKARITE WORLDS: VISUAL SECTION SECTION 3: POPULAR CULTURE Introduction: Rethinking Cultural Studies 4. The Hegemonic Appropriation Of Sexuality: The Case Of The Lavani Performers Of Maharashtra 5. Understanding Popular Culture: The Satyashodhak and Ganesh Mela in Maharashtra 6. Conceptualising Popular Culture - 'Lavani' and 'Powada' in Maharashtra 7. Resources on Non-Brahmin Movement 8. Interrogating the Thesis of 'Irrational Deification' 8. Songsters From The Mudhouse
