Routledge Handbook of Gender, Culture, and Development in India / edited by N. B. Lekha and Pradeep Kumar M.

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First edition.
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  • Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2025]
  • ©2025
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In this handbook, Lekha, Kumar M. and their team of contributors embark on a transformative exploration of 'Intersectionality' in the Indian context, where gender, culture, and development intersect to shape the destinies of diverse groups.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Editors
  • List of Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Prologue: A Sociological Tapestry - Intersectionality of Identities, Gender, Culture, and Development in the Works of Prof. Antony Palackal
  • Sociology of Identities
  • Sociology of Gender
  • Sociology of Culture
  • Sociology of Development
  • A New Methodology and Pedagogy for Cultural Analysis
  • A Critical Appraisal
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 2 Introduction: Beyond Boundaries - Intersections of Gender, Culture, and Development
  • The Evolving Discourse On Gender in India
  • Cultural Kaleidoscope
  • Holistic Exploration of Development in India
  • Gender, Culture, and Development Praxis: Insights From India
  • Part I Gender, Identity, and Power
  • 3 Gender as a Category and as Practice: Trivial, Dangerous Or Just Routine
  • Introduction
  • Approach, Argument, and the Conceptual Framework
  • Exploring Common Sense
  • Trivial and Partial: But Then Why Dangerous?
  • A Deceptively Easy Acceptance of Gender Studies and Programs
  • Notes
  • 4 Beyond the Screen: Indigenous Women in Kerala and the Impact of Television
  • Mass Media and Social Development
  • Television and Indigenous/Rural Communities
  • Adivasis of Wayanad, Kerala
  • Methodology
  • Diffusion of Television in the Community
  • Breaking Down the Barrier of Communication
  • Teaching New Relations of Space and Body
  • Promoting a New Ethos of Consumerism
  • Reconstructing the Gender Roles: Support for Women
  • 5 Urban Women Working in Modern India: Dynamics of Roles, Responsibilities, and Decision-Making for Women in Informal Sector
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Work-Related Responsibilities.
  • Street Vendors
  • Home-Based Workers
  • Domestic Workers
  • Perspective of Family Members and Friends
  • Family-Related Responsibilities
  • Perspectives of Family Members and Friends
  • Impact On Health and Well-Being
  • Substance Abuse
  • Role of Formal Education in the Lives of the Women
  • Participant's Education
  • Participant's Children's Education
  • Women and Decision-Making
  • Childhood, Education, and Marriage
  • Family- and Children-Related Decisions
  • Financial Decisions
  • Leisure Activities and Travel
  • Health
  • Community-Related Decisions
  • Dynamics of Roles, Responsibilities, and Decision-Making
  • 6 Skilful Migration for Unskilled Labour: The Sojourn of Malayali Women in Gulf Countries
  • The Skill Set
  • Migration Categories of Female Domestic Workers From Kerala to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries
  • Survival Strategies of Regular Migrants
  • Language
  • Food
  • Work
  • Emotional Difficulties
  • Behaviour of the Employer
  • Skilful Survival of Irregular Migrants
  • The Way Forward
  • Skill Training and Certification
  • Skill Matching
  • Upskilling and Validation
  • Collaboration With Major Stakeholders
  • Participatory and Gender-Inclusive Policies and Measures
  • 7 Living Room Chronicles: Feminine Spaces in Bengali Television Serials
  • Women in Regional TV Serials
  • Gendered Spaces: Theoretical Lenses
  • The Study
  • Demographic Snapshot of Survey Participants
  • "Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni" (July 24, 2017 to February 13, 2022 On Zee Bangla)
  • Prathama Kadambini (March 16, 2020 to February 28, 2021 On Star Jalsa)
  • 8 Empowering Women in Kerala: The Transformative Impact of the Kudumbashree Program
  • Introduction.
  • Empowerment
  • Kudumbashree: A Beacon of Women's Empowerment in Grassroots Development
  • Functions of Kudumbashree
  • Impact of Kudumbashree
  • The Three Program Domains of Kudumbashree
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Microfinance
  • Social Empowerment
  • Destitute Free Kerala
  • Nine-Point Risk Parameters (Rural)
  • Additional Eight-Point Risk Parameters (Rural)
  • Nine-Point Risk Parameters (Urban)
  • Additional Ten-Point Risk Parameters (Urban)
  • Women Empowerment
  • Gender Self-Learning Program
  • Gender Sensitization Program
  • Plan of Action: Strategies and Activities
  • State Gender Resource Centre
  • Community Counsellors
  • Service Provided
  • Outcomes of the Community Counselling Program
  • Kudumbashree: Consultancy
  • Sustainable Development
  • Kudumbashree: An Agent of Change
  • Twenty-Five Years of Kudumbashree: Social Commitment
  • Part II Culture, Femininity, and Subjectivity
  • 9 A Puzzle Within a Paradox: The Impact of Gender and Family Structure On Productivity, Time Allocation, and Career Attitudes in Kerala, India
  • Introduction and Literature Review
  • The Context of Kerala, India
  • Methods
  • Independent Variables
  • Dependent Variables
  • Results
  • Conclusions
  • 10 Beyond the Life and the World of Widowhood: Precarity of Oppression and Discrimination
  • The State of Widowhood in India
  • Studies On Widows in Kerala Context
  • Field Observations and Reflections
  • Beyond the Word: Lived Realities
  • 11 Celebrating the Feminine: Intersectionality of Nature, Culture, and Woman
  • Navigating the Gender Paradox: Insights Into Nayar Women
  • Nature-Culture Continuum
  • Rhythms of Womanhood: Exploring Femininity in Rituals, Customs, and Festivals
  • Beyond Blood: The Ritualistic Layers of Thirandukuli in Womanhood.
  • Thiruvathira and Pooram Celebrations: Revering Kamadevan (Sexual God)
  • Kanyarkali
  • Kavu, Serpent Gods, and the Matrilineal Celebration of Women in Nature
  • Theyyam, Women, and Nature's Subversion
  • Women's Kinship With Nature
  • Imposed Boundaries: Nature and the Feminine in Colonial Times
  • Ecological Dichotomy: Nature-Culture Divide
  • 12 Gendering Labour: The Story of Stalled Revolution
  • Gendered Body: A Site of (Social) Reproduction
  • Gendered Body: A Site of Production
  • The Women Labourers of Plantation
  • Feminisation of Labour Force
  • Feminisation of Resistance
  • 13 Gender Identities Redefined: Decolonizing Cultures in the Global South
  • Colonization in the Global South
  • The Decolonial Turn
  • The Effects of Colonization On Gender and Transgenderism in Brazil
  • The Effects of Colonization On Gender and Transgenderism in India
  • New Possibilities From Queer Theory
  • 14 Freedom in Flux: Transgender Community Shaping New Paradigms in Kerala
  • Background
  • Type of Transgenders
  • Policy Discourse
  • The Problem
  • Approach and Methodology
  • Case Study 1: Tessa's Journey to Becoming a Renowned Makeup Artist
  • Case Study 2: Maria and John - A Journey of Gender Swap Marriage
  • Case Study 3: Maria - A Resilient Transwoman's Journey
  • Case Study 4: Veni - A Transgender Poetess and Activist in Kerala
  • FGD Narratives
  • Discussion: Impact of Transgender Policy in Kerala
  • Kerala's Landmark Transgender Policy
  • Transformative Outcomes
  • 15 Gendered Digital Bodies: Narrating Social Norms Through Digital Narcissism and Social Activism
  • Social Media Use: Indian and Kerala Scenario
  • Digitality
  • Methodology.
  • What Is Gendered Digital Bodies?
  • Social Norms to Digital Norms
  • Gender Narratives in Digital Narcissism and Facebook
  • Socio-Digital Norms and Digital Narcissism
  • Gender and Social Activism
  • Does Social Norm Transition to Digital Norms?
  • Part III Education, Ideology, and Pedagogy
  • 16 Doing Sociology Without Hegemony: Region, Language, and Comparison
  • Comparison and the Empirical
  • Doing Sociology
  • Caste and Race
  • Locating Region
  • Marking a Region: Rajasthan
  • Making a Region: Kerala
  • The Language of Research
  • An Application and a Conclusion
  • 17 National Education Policy 2020 and the Quest for Social Justice
  • What Guides NEP 2020?
  • The Apparently 'Progressive' Appeal in NEP 2020
  • Areas of Grave Concern
  • Things Need to Be Democratically Challenged
  • 18 Women and the Institutional Cultures of Sociology in Kerala
  • Women as Students
  • Women as Teachers
  • Women as Writers
  • Women as a Subject of Study for Sociology in Kerala
  • Conclusion: Women and the Institutional Cultures of Sociology in Kerala
  • 19 Unmasking Patriarchal Narratives: Gender Dimensions in School Textbooks in Kerala
  • Gender Narratives in School Books - An Empirical Gaze
  • Patriarchy Unmasked
  • Caregiver Role - Gender Dimensions
  • Cooking, Serving Food, and Doing Dishes
  • Buying Things and Managing Money
  • Home Maintenance
  • Pictures of Washing Clothes
  • Gendered Play in the House
  • Gendered Roles and Positions of the Parents
  • Signs of Optimism
  • Discussion
  • 20 Cultural Resilience: Community Initiatives to Preserve Linguistic Heritage of Diasporas in Singapore
  • The South Indian Community in Singapore
  • Role of Indian Languages in Education.
  • Literature Review.
ISBN
  • 1-04-010536-X
  • 1-003-47491-8
  • 1-04-010534-3
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