Women’s Studies: Its emergence (both in Indian and International contexts) Growth and Significance

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2020 - 21 SYLLABUS M.A. SEMESTER I

WMM 1001: UNDERSTANDING WOMEN’S STUDIES: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: The paper is the very foundation of women’s studies as it attempts to look into the intricacies of the discipline. The paper introduces the students to the purpose of studying women’s studies, and the ways women’s experiences have been silenced and marginalized.

Course Outcome:

• The paper will enable students to make an attempt to explore the women’s movements and the mechanisms through which silencing of women’s concerns can be removed.

• The paper will equip students to understand the complexity of social axes like caste, religion etc.

and their interrelationship with each other.

• The processes of marginalization, stratification and subordination will become clearer.

Women’s Studies: Its emergence (both in Indian and International contexts) Growth and Significance; Issues and Challenges

Feminist Epistemology: Overview, Feminist Empiricism, Standpoint Epistemology, Post Modernism Question of Interdisciplinarity in Women’s Studies: Inter linkages between Women’s Studies and other social sciences

Barriers to interdisciplinary cooperation

Sex and Gender: Facts and Myths: Biological, Social, Cultural and Attitudinal Factors Social Construction of Sexuality

Notions of Masculinity, Femininity and Patriarchy: Ideologies and Practices

Intersectionality of Gender to other Axes of Stratification such as Class, Caste, Community, Ethnicity and Race

Views of Bell Hooks, Anna Julia Cooper, Kimberle Crenshaw and Patricia Hill Collins Gender, Social Norms and Values: Agents and Institutions of Socialization

Alternate sexualities and normative codes

Nature/ Culture Dichotomy: The Sanskriti-Prakriti Debate Subjugation: its Forms and Areas

Gender Stereotypes and Gender Discrimination

Understanding Social Exclusion, Social Stratification and Marginalization Changing Language and Forms of Subjugation

Suggested Readings:

Philomena Essed and others (eds.) (2005), A Companion to Gender Studies, Blackwell Publishing, Stevi Jackson and Jackie Jones (eds.) (1998), Contemporary Feminist Theories, Edinburgh University Press.

Mary Evans and Carolyn H. Williams (eds.) (2013), Gender: The Key Concepts, Routledge.

Max. Marks: 100 Sessional: 30 End Semester:70

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Radhika Chopra (ed.) (2007), Reframing Masculinities: Narrating the Supportive of Man, Orient Longman.

V. Geetha (2006), Gender, OUP: Calcutta.

David Glover and Cora Kaplan (2009), Genders, Routledge.

Kamla Bhasin (2004), Exploring Masculinity, Women Unlimited.

Mary E. John (ed.) (2008), Women’s Studies in India: A Reader, Penguin Books.

Uma Chakravarti (2006), Gendering Caste: Through Feminist Lens, Stree.

Nancy McCampbell Grace (1996), ‘An Exploration of the Interdisciplinary Character of Women's Studies’, Issues In Integrative Studies, No. 14, pp. 59-86.

Manoranjan Mohanty (ed.) (2004), Class, Caste, Gender, Sage Publications.

KamlaBhasin (2006), What is Patriarchy?, Kali for Women.

Amy S. Wharton (2005), The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research, Wiley- Blackwell Publishing.

Maitrayee Chaudhari (2006), Feminism in India, OUP: New Delhi.

Radha Kumar (1997), History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990, Zubaan.

Mary Maynard and June Purvis (eds.) (1996), New Frontiers in Women’s Studies: Knowledge, Identity and Nationalism, Taylor and Francis.

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WMM 1002: FEMINISM: THEORY AND THOUGHTS Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: Through this paper we intend to acquaint the students with the concepts and theories of feminism for a deeper understanding of the dialogic culture responsible for the betterment of any society.

Course Outcome:

• The course will equip the students with better reasoning capabilities for promoting the idea of justice and for strengthening and deepening democracy.

• The course will develop critical and relative thinking among students to comprehend and contextual gender issues across societies and periods

Feminism: Concept, Objective and Debates Varieties of Feminist Thinking

History of Evolution of Feminism Three Waves of Feminism:

Liberal Feminism: Historical Development of Liberal Feminist Thought, Mary Wollstonecraft, Margaret Fuller and J. S. Mill

Rationality, Equality/Difference debate

Seneca Falls Convention: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

Marxist Feminism: Class struggle, Alienation, Use Value & Surplus value, Production & Reproduction, Suffrage and Revolutionary struggle

Friedrich Engles: The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State

Socialist Feminism: Class and Gender, Division of Labour, Unified and Dual system, Exploitation Radical Feminism: Critique of Family, Sexual Freedom, Women’s Political Empowerment

Contemporary Development in Feminist Thought: Afro American Feminism, Intersectionality, Alice Walker’s Womanism, Race as a Critical Category for Feminist Thought

Post Modern feminism: Anti Foundationalism, Anti Essentialism, Multi-generic writing forms Three Perspectives of Postmodern Feminism: Helene Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva Feminism in Indian Context: Issues and Challenges

MaitrayeeChaudhary : Feminism in India,Zed Books, New Delhi, 2006.

Valerie Bryson Feminist Political Theory, Third Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Mary Eagleton (ed.) A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory, Blackwell Publishing, 2003.

Caroline Ramazanoglu Feminism and the Contradictions of Oppression, Routledge, 1989.

Estelle Freedman No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women, Random Housing Publishing Group, 2007.

Rosemarie Tong Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction, Routledge, 2006.

Max. Marks: 100 Sessional: 30 End-Semester: 70

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WMM 1003: WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: This paper seeks to introduce students to the important milestones in the International women’s movement. The paper traces the development of the women’s movement in a historical perspective, starting from the French Revolution of 1789.

Course Outcome:

• Students will be able to reflect on the relevance of the feminist movements all over the world as the study of history of movements makes one aware of the ways people struggled for their rights and freedom in an oppressive and exploitative system.

• Students will learn the modes of building solidarity and providing strength to the cause of freedom and justice through the specific case studies of different countries across the world.

The concept of Enlightenment tradition in Europe French Revolution ,

participation of Women in the French Revolution; Women’s rights and during the revolutionary years Women’s Movement in 19^th Century Britain: Education, Political and Legal Rights

Women’s Movement in 19^th Century in U.S.A.: Education, Political, Legal Rights

Socialist Revolution and its impact on women in erstwhile USSR 1917-28 (Lenin to Stalin);

Women in USSR and the role of Alexandra Kollontai Zehnotdel and the status of women in USSR

Women’s Movement in USA 1960’s ; Consciousness raising groups , women’s liberation movement ; N.O.W , Betty Friedan

Black feminist movement in USA; bell hooks

Women’s Role in the National Movement: Gandhi and Women, Women in the Non Cooperation Movement,

Women in the Civil disobedience Movement Women in the Quit India Movement

Women’s participation in the popular movement of 1960s and 1970s

Important milestones in the women’s movement against violence: activism against dowry deaths and rape

Personal laws and communal identity: response of the women’s movement

Barbara Sinclair Deckard

: The Women’s Movement: Political, Socio-economic, and Psychological Issues

Karen Offen : Globalizing Feminisms 1789-1945 bell hooks : Feminism is for Everybody

Bonnie G. Smith : Women’s History in Global Perspective

Sarah Gamble (ed.) : The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Post-Feminism Gisela Bock : Women in European History

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Amrita Basu (ed.) : Women’s Movement in Global Perspective Ann Loades : Feminist Theology: Voices from the Past Bonnie S. Anderson

and Judith P. Zinsser

: A History of their Own: Women in Europe from Pre-history to the Present, vol.2.

Taya Anderson : Moving on; New Perspectives on the Women’s Movement Mukherjee Subrata and

Ramaswamy Sushila (ed.)

: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Janki Nair : Women and Law in Colonial India Radha Kumar : History of Doing

Kumkum Sangari and Suresh Vaid (ed.)

: Recasting Women: Essays in Colonial History

Geraldine Forbes : Women in Modern India Geraldine Forbes : Women in Colonial India

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2020 - 21 SYLLABUS M.A.SEMESTER I

WMM 1004: WOMEN AND LAW Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: Through this paper, students will be equipped in knowing the specific legal rights and obligations for the protection of women. Law often plays a double edged role, often restricting and empowering as well, that needs to be critically probed into.

Course Outcome:

• Students will be able to learn the enabling role of law for social transformation as without legal empowerment, one cannot imagine the holistic empowerment of any segment of a society.

• The paper will also be able to develop an insight into how critical engagement with the role of law is required to overcome its limitations and enhance its potentialities.

• The paper will provide an understanding of the Constitution of India, some important personal laws and criminal laws as awareness of laws is a prerequisite for all the citizens of a country.

Defining Law under Different Schools of Jurisprudence: Analytical, Historical and Sociological School of Jurisprudence

Introducing Feminist Legal Theory: Contributions made by Catharine MacKinnon and Carol Gilligan Women and Law in Colonial India: Prevailing Legacies of Colonial Legal System:

a) Codification of Law under the Colonial Rule

b) Legislative Interventions relating to Issues such as Sati, Widow Remarriage, Female Infanticide, Age of Consent and Child Marriage

c) Judicial Pronouncements relating to Stridhan in Colonial India

Constitution of India and Women’s Rights: Preamble, Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy and the Protection of Women’s Interest

Right to Privacy and Supreme Court’s Decision in Justice K. R. Puttaswamy vs. Union of India, 2017 Women’s Status within Marriage under Different Personal Laws: Essentials of Valid Marriage and the difference between Valid, Void and Voidable Marriage

Divorce: Varying Provisions of Divorce under Personal Laws: Hindu, Muslim and Christian Law a) Indian Divorce Act, 1869

b) Talaq-us-Sunnat, Talaq-ul-Biddat, Talaq-e-Tafweez, Khula, Mubaraat, Lian, Zihar c) Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1956

Supreme Court’s Decision on Triple Talaq in case of Shayara Bano vs. Union of India, 2017 Restitution of Conjugal Rights and Women’s Rights

Provision for Maintenance Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure

Laws relating to Property (Rules of Inheritance under Muslim Personal Law, Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005),

Laws Relating to Guardianship under Different Personal Laws: Women as Guardian and Right of Women to Adopt a Child, Gita Hariharan vs. Reserve Bank of India, 1999.

An Analysis of Personal Laws from a Women’s Rights Perspective: Debates Surrounding the Uniform Civil Code

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Registration of First Information Report: Rights and Duties under Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Laws relating to Arrest and Detention, Rights of Arrested Person including the Right to Bail

Difference between Cognizable and Non-cognizable Offence

Laws relating to Adultery and Bigamy (Sections 494 and 497 of Indian Penal Code, 1860) Supreme Court’s Decision on Adultery in Joseph Shine vs. Union of India, 2018.

Indira Jaising and Monica Sakhrani (eds.) (2007), Law of Domestic Violence: A User’s Manual for Women, Universal Law Pub. Co.

Ratna Kapur and Brenda Cossman (1996), Subversive Sites: Feminist Engagement with Law in India, New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Bharati Roy (ed.) (2005), Women of India: Colonial and Post-Colonial Periods(Vol. IX, Part 3), New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilization.

Archana Parashar and Amita Dhanda(ed.) (2007), Feminist Terrains in Legal Domains, New Delhi: Kali for Women.

Cecile Fabre (2007), Justice in a Changing World, UK: Polity Press.

Ratna Kapur (ed.) (1996), Feminist Terrains in Legal Domains, New Delhi: Kali for Women.

Janaki Nair (1996), Women in Colonial Law: A Social History, New Delhi: Kali for Women in collaboration with National Law School of India.

Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan (2004), The Scandal of the State: Women, Law and Citizenship in Postcolonial India, New Delhi: Permanent Black.

Archana Parashar (1992), Women and Family Law Reform in India: Uniform Civil Code and Gender Equality, New Delhi: Sage Publications.

R. V. Kelkar (2007), Criminal Procedure (Revised by K.N. Chandrashekharan Pillai), Eastern Book Company.

Vasudha Dhagamwar (1992),Law, Power and Justice: The Protection of Personal Rights in the Indian Penal Code, New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Geetanjali Gangoli (2007), Indian Feminisms: Law, Patriarchies and Violence in India, Routledge.

Flavia Agnes (2001), Law and Gender Inequality: Politics of Women’s Rights in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Flavia Agnes (2011), Family Law: Marriage, Divorce and Matrimonial Litigation(Vol. II), New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

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WMM 1011: WOMEN AND SOCIETY IN INDIA

Credits: 04 (Optional)

Course Objective: This course aims to introduce various aspects of women’s lives, and agencies responsible to shape various shades of womanhood in contemporary Indian society and in the past.

Course Outcome: After studying this paper, the students will be able to:

• Comprehend an understanding of the Indian society through gender perspective

• Understand socio-political and legal issues relating to the Indian women.

• Understand the roots of the problems related with the Indian women.

• Comprehend their understanding in their professions while dealing with the social issues with gender perspective.

Women’s position from Vedic times to the present

Women’s reforms and their participation in India’s independence movement, etc. in 19^th and 20^th century

Social construction of gender and gender roles

Socialization- institutions of socialization- changing content and context of gender-need for re- socialization.

Women in family: marriage, working women-multi-tasking, family law

Women and health issues: malnutrition, poor maternal health and infant mortality, women and HIV/AIDS etc.

Women’s Education for equality

Feminization of poverty, women’s land right etc

Violence against women: missing girls, empowerment measures

Women’s labour: discriminatory wages, changing working conditions and work place related issues.

Anupama Rao, 2006 : Gender and Caste, Kali for Women, New Delhi, 2006

Forbes, Geraldine, 2005 : Women in Modern India, 4th edition, Cambridge University Press, London Iftikhar, Rukhsana, 2016 :Indian Feminism-Class, Gender & Identity in Medieval Ages, Notion Press;

1^st edition (2016)

Jodi O’ Brien (ed), 2009 : Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Vol. I and II, New Delhi, Kirit K. Shah,2005 : History and Gender: Some Exploration, New Delhi, 2005

Mary E. John (ed) , 2008 : Women’s Studies in India: A Reader, Penguin Books, New Delhi Michael S. Kimmel, 2007: The Gendered Society, Oxford University Press

Raj K. Pruthi , R. Devi, R. Pruthi (ed.) , 2003: Indian Women: Present Status and Future Prospects, Jaipur

Uma Chakravarti, 2006 : Gendering Caste: Through Feminist Lens, Bhatkal & Sen, New Delhi

Usha Sharma (ed.) , 2007 : Indian Women From Tradition to Modernity, 3 Vols. Vista International Publishing House, Delhi

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2020 - 21 SYLLABUS M.A.SEMESTER I

WMM 1013:RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: The objective of this paper is to help the students in developing an understanding of designing research projects, analysing and presenting data. It will be useful to students who intend to work in organisations involved in collecting socio-economic data. Moreover, the paper is also very relevant for students planning to pursue M.Phil. or Ph.D. programme.

Course Outcome:

• This paper will enable the students to understand the application of research tools when analysing primary or secondary data.

• It will also help the students to choose from varied methodologies a framework best suited to their field study.

Basic theoretical debates and methodological practices in social sciences research Brief introduction to quantitative, qualitative research & mixed methods

Literature Survey & Review; Preparing Index & Reference cards (Class exercise) Choosing a topic and central/originating questions

Main steps for conducting research; Going from a topic to a research question Attributes and variables; Units of analysis; Levels of measurement

Association vs. causality

Measurement scales – Nominal or classificatory; ordinal or ranking; interval and ratio scales Hypotheses – Definition, functions, testing, characteristics, types &errors

Qualitative research designs – Based on number of contacts, reference period, nature of investigation Quantitative & Mixed methods designs - Case study, Oral history, Focus groups / group interviews, Participant observation

Holistic research, Community discussion forums, Reflective journal log

Philosophy guided designs – Action Research, Feminist Research, Participatory research &

collaborative enquiry

Research instrument in Quantitative & Qualitative research, pre-testing of research instrument Data collection with Attitudinal Scales

Sample selection in quantitative & qualitative research

Principles of sampling; Types of sampling & calculation of sample size; Saturation point in qualitative research.

Collecting data – Primary & Secondary

Processing data in quantitative, qualitative &Mixed methods studies Statistical Measures; Displaying data – Text, Tables, Graphs.

Writing a research report.

Good, W. J.&Hatt, P. K.( 2006). Methods in Social Research. Surjeet Publications, New Delhi.

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Gopal, M.H (1970).An Introduction to Research Procedures in Social Sciences, Bombay, Asia Publishing House.

Kothari, C.R. &Garg, G. (2014): Research Methodology – Methods & Techniques. New Age International Publishers. New Delhi.

Kumar, R. (2014). Research Methodology – A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners. Sage. New Delhi, India.

Matin A. (2004).Research Methods, Statistics, IT & e-Methods. Icon Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

Narayanasamy, N. (2009). Participatory Rural Appraisal: Principles, Methods & Application. Sage Publications.

Schutt, Russell K. (2011). Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research.7th edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

Srinivas, V. K. & Shah, A. M. (1979). Field Worker & the Field. OUP, New Delhi.

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2020 - 21 SYLLABUS M.A. SEMESTER II

WMM 2001: WOMEN AND EDUCATION Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: This paper intends to familiarize the students with the importance of women’s education and highlight various problems and prospects. It intends to develop critical perspective on issues related to gender inequalities in schooling and curriculum development and places an emphasis on the significance of alternative system of education for women.

Course Outcome: On completion of the course, the students are expected to-

• Understand the significance of education for women’s empowerment.

• Have an insight about the hurdles in women’s education.

• Be aware of the policies and programmes for women’s education in India.

• Analyze the effectiveness of the measures for women’s education.

Concept, Need and Significance of Women’s Education Social and Individual Aims of Women’s Education Role of Education in Women’s Empowerment

Constraints to Women’s Education: Socio-Cultural, Economic, Geographical and other factors Contemporary Situation of Women’s Education in India: Literacy, Enrolment Ratios, Dropout Rates Attendance ratio

Participation of Women at Different Stages of School Education

Need for alternative system of education: Non-formal Education, Distance Education, Vocational Education, Adult education, Continuing Education

Paulo Freire’s ‘Banking Concept of Education’, Ivan Illich’s ‘Deschooling Society’

Socialisation in Education

Gender Bias in Schooling, Stereotypes in Text-Books Curriculum Development: Recent Curricular Reforms Feminist Pedagogy

Programmes for Women’s Education- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya, Mahila Samakya, NPEGEL, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and others

Women Education and Five Year Plans

Recommendations of various commissions and committees on Women’s Education; University Education Commission (1948), Secondary Education Commission (1952), National Committee on Women’s Education (1958), Hansa Mehta Committee (1961-63), Bhaktavatsalam Committee (1963), Indian Education Commission (1964-1966)

Policy Perspectives of Women’s Education in India: NPE-1968, 1986, POA-1992

Agarwal,S.P.(2003). Women’s Education in India (Vo1.3). New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company.

Agarwal, S.P & Agarwal J.C. (1993). Women’s Education in India. Historical Review Present Status Max. Marks: 100 Sessional: 30 End-Semester: 70

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perspective plan with statistical Indicators. New Delhi: Gyan publishing house.

Cohee, Gail E., Elisabeth Däumer, Theresa D. Kemp, Paula M. Krebs, Sue A. Lafky, and Sandra Runzo.(eds.).(1998) The Feminist Teacher Anthology: Pedagogies and Classroom Strategies. New York: Teachers College Press.

Dhillon, Manvinder. (2010). Indian Women Education and Development, Swastik Prakashan, Panchakula.

Fisher, Bernice Malka. (2001). No Angel in the Classroom: Teaching Through Feminist Discourse.

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Sharma, S Ram. (1996). Education of Women and Empowerment (Vols.2) New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House.

Robbin, D. Crabtree, David, Alan Sapp, and Adela, C. Licona (2005). Feminist Pedagogy: Looking Back to Move Forward, John Hopkins University Press.

Siddiqui, M.H.(2005) Women and Education. Ashish publishing house, New Delhi.

Sharma, U. &Sharma, B.M. (1995). Women’s Education in Ancient and Medieval India, New Delhi:

Inter India Publications.

Sánchez-Casal, Susan & Amie, Macdonald (2002), 21st Century Feminist Classrooms: Pedagogies of Identity and Difference. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan.

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2020 - 21 M.A. SEMESTER II

WMM 2002: WOMEN, MEDIA AND LITERATURE Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: The objective of the paper is to make students understand the stereotypical images of women as portrayed through media. This paper also includes feminist readings of few texts by Kamla Das, Sylvia Plath and Kate Chopin.

Course Outcome: After completing the course the students are expected to be able to:

• Explore the relationship between women and media and understand women's images and representation in the media.

• Comprehend and develop a plan in dealing with obstacles and challenges in media profession.

• Challenge the stereotypical notions related to women in media.

• Critically examine and analyze women’s portrayal in different literary writings.

Concept of Communication and Mass Media Types/ Functions of Mass Media

Gender gap in Media Organizations

Obstacles and Opportunities for Women Media Professionals Censorship and Acts

Construction of Indian Women in Popular and Parallel Cinema, advertisements, TV Soaps and Web Series

Idealized image of women in media Male Gaze: Concept and application

Feminist Film Theory: Introduction, application and Indian context.

Engendering and Endangering Stereotypes Women’s issues in Print Media

Genres in Literature

Changing Notions of Literature, Women in Writing: Kamla Das, Sylvia Plath Feminist Readings of Literature: Kate Chopin’s The Blue Stockings

Gender Construction in Fairy tales.

Thornhan, S. (2007). Women Feminism and Media. Edinburgh University Press.

Khosla, A. (2008).Media, Violence and Crime. SSB Publishers.

Burton, G. (2004). Media and Society: Critical Perspectives. Open University Press.

Sivaraman, A. (2007). Mass Media for Women’s Education. T.R. Publication Pvt. Ltd.

Naqvi, F. (2008).Waves in the Hinterland: The Journey of a Newspaper. Zubaan Books.

Mulvey, L. (1989).Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. Screen.

Chatterji, S. A. (1998).Subject Cinema Object Women: A study of the Portrayal of Women in Indian Cinema. Parumita Publications.

Max. Marks:100 Sessional: 30 End Semester:70

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WMM 2005: WOMEN, GENDER & ECONOMY Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: The objective of the paper is to familiarise the students with economic and social factors which have influenced gender roles. The course will help the students to develop an understanding of gender inequalities under changing patterns of economic activity and globalisation. It also aims to make students aware about the contemporary issues facing women in modern economy and society especially in developing countries.

Course Outcome:

• This paper will help students understand the crucial interrelationship between women, Gender and economy.

• It will offer a lens to help students understand women’s contribution to economic development and the significance of Women’s labour; hitherto considered irrelevant and non quantifiable.

Brief introduction to gender roles in pre-historic & subsistence societies Origins of family and private property

Neo-Classical, Marxian and Feminist economics Capitalism and gender relations

Women’s marginalisation in rural employment; Gender divisions of labour Recent economic growth & employment patterns in India

Conceptual issues in assessing women’s work

Women’s work and their economic position in India and Asia

Women’s economic participation in market and non-market production - Determinants & impact Feminisation of agriculture and poverty

International context of Women’s work

Gender and development - issues and approaches; GDI & SDGs

Globalisation, uneven development and inequality - Patterns and consequences

Global integration, employment and gender inequalities – manufacturing, domestic and care work Technological change and women’s employment opportunities

Contradictions of development and globalisation – case studies of China and India Financial inclusion - Microfinance and gender

Engels, F., & Morgan, L. H. (1978).The origin of the family, private property and the state. Moscow:

Foreign Languages Publishing House.

XaXa V. (2004).Women & Gender in the Study of Tribes in India. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 11:3, pp. 345-67.

Boserup, E. (1970). Women’s role in development. London: Earthscan.

Benería, L., Berik, G., &Floro, M. (2015). Gender, development and globalization: Economics as if all people mattered. Routledge.

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Ghosh, J. (2009). Never Done & Poorly Paid: Women’s Work in Globalising India. Women Unlimited.

New Delhi, India.

Goodman, J. (Ed.). (2000). Global perspectives on gender and work: Readings and interpretations.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Loutfi, M. F. (2001). Women, Gender and Work: What Is Equality and How Do We Get There?.

International Labour Office, Washington, DC

Loutfi, M. F. (1980). Rural women. Unequal partners in development. Rural women. Unequal partners in development.

Visvanathan, N., Duggan, L., Nisonoff, L., &Wiegersma, N. (Eds.).(1997). The Women, Gender, and Development Reader.New Africa Books.

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WMM 2006: LABOUR LAWS AND GENDER JUSTICE

Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: To make students aware about the evolution of labour legislations in India, and significant legal provisions regarding women workers in the changing global market.

Course Outcome:

• Cognition of labour laws is essential for all those who engage with the forma/informal sector in any form, and the paper equips the students to become more self-reliant in the labour market.

• Students will be able to protect themselves and others from the different kinds of exploitation and discrimination taking place within the labour market.

Understanding Social Security, Labour and Legal Interventions in India History of the Development of Labour Legislation

Formation of Trade Unions and Rights of Workers, Trade Unions Act, 1926 Plantation and Mining Laws and Provisions relating to Women’s Welfare:

a) Mines Act, 1952

b) Plantations Labour Act, 1951

Constitutional Guarantees, Labour Rights and Gender Concerns: the Right against Exploitation and Right to Livelihood

Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace and the Legal Provisions: Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

Provisions for Maternity Relief and Equal pay for Equal Work under the Constitution of India:

a) Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Act, 2017 b) Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.

Prohibition of Child Labour in India: Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 amended in 2016.

Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Factories Act, 1948

Commercial Surrogacy in India and its Legal Regulation in India: Guidelines of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) regarding Surrogacy

Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Bill, 2010; Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019;

Judicial Decisions relating to Surrogacy: Baby Manji Yamada vs. Union of India, Jan Balaz vs. Anand Municipality and others, Baby M New Jersey Case,

Labour and Land Rights for Women: Why do women need independent rights in land? , Addressing the Question of Ownership and Control over Land

Social Protection Policies for the Urban Informal Sector and Women’s Issues: Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008

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Ahmad Ahsan, Carmen Pages and Tirthankar Roy (2008), ‘Legislation, enforcement and adjudication in Indian labour markets’, Dipak Majumdar and Sandip Sarkar, Globalization, Labour Markets and Inequality in India, New York: Routledge.

Janaki Nair(1996),Women and Law in Colonial India: A Social History, New Delhi: Kali for Women in collaboration with NLSIU.

Nilanjana Sengupta, Samita Sen (2013), ‘Bargaining Over Wages’, Economic and Political Weekly, (Vol. 48, Issue No. 43).

Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy (2016), Law and Economy in Colonial India, University of Chicago Press.

Neera Chandhoke and Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (eds.) (2016), Social Protection Policies in South Asia, Routledge.

Amrita Pande (Summer 2010), ‘Commercial Surrogacy in India: Manufacturing a Perfect Mother- Worker’, Signs,(Vol. 35, No. 4), pp.969-992.

Mina Chang (Spring 2009), ‘Womb for Rent: India’s Commercial Surrogacy’, Harvard International Review, (Vol. 31, No. 1) pp. 11-12.

Bina Agarwal (1994), A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia, New York:

Cambridge University Press.

V. G. Goswami (1999), Labour and Industrial Laws, Allahabad: Central Law Agency.

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WMM 2011: MUSLIM WOMEN: SOCIETY, STATE AND RELIGION Credits: 04 (Optional)

Course Objective: The paper will help students develop an understanding of the various issues pertinent to Muslim women in the context of the society, state and religion.

Course Outcome:

• Students will be able to understand the nuances of functioning of the state in relation to the cause and concern of Muslim women.

• Students will be able to critically analyze the history of social reforms and Muslim women’s question.

Muslim Women in a Historical Perspective: Social Reformers and Muslim women’s question in the nineteenth century

Women’s Question a study of Bashiti Zewar Movement for Muslim Women’s Education:

Aligarh Movement and the Women’s Question, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan , Sheikh Abdullah Syed Karamat Hussain and the cause of Muslim women’s education in North India Rokiya Shekhawat Husssain’s works and contribution to the cause of women’s education Women’s question in the works of Nazir Ahmad and Khawaja Altaf Hussain Haali Urdu magazines in colonial India and Muslim women ;

Anjuman e Khawateen i Islam , Emergence of Muslim Women’s Organizations in colonial India Muslim Women and Contextualizing Muslim Personal law

Historical development of personal laws in colonial India Muslim personal law : Marriage , Divorce and maintenance

Women’s rights and personal laws in post-independence India ; the Shah Bano debate; Danial Latifi case; Triple Talaq debate and the Shyera Bano Case

Gender and Community Identity in Post-Independence India

Locating Gender in Community Formation : Minority politics and Muslim women

Muslim women’s Organizations and Issues in post- independence India: Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan , Awaz-e- Niswa , All India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board

Forbes, Geraldine, 1996. Women in Modern India , Cambridge University Press.

Patricia Jeffery and Amrita Basu (eds.), Appropriating Gender: Women's Activism, Politicized Religion and the State in South Asia (Routledge, New York & London).

Patricia Jeffery, 1979. Frogs in a Well: Indian Women in Purdah (Zed Press, London & Vikas, New Delhi).

Rajeshwari Sundar Rajan, 2003. The Scandal of the State: Women, Law and Citizenship in India (Durham and London: Duke University Press, and New Delhi: Permanent Black).

Max. Marks: 100 Sessional: 30 End Semester: 70

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Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan. 1993. Real and Imagined Women: Gender, Culture and Postcolonialism (London and New York, Routledge).

Roger Jeffery and Patricia Jeffery, 1997. Population, Gender and Politics: Demographic Change in Rural North India (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge).

Shahida Lateef. 1990. Muslim women in India political and private realities 1890s to 1980s, Kali for Women.

Vrinda Narain, Gender and Community: Muslim Women’s Rights in India, University of Toronto Press.

Vrinda Narain, 2008. Reclaiming the Nation: Muslim Women and the Law in India. University of Toronto Press.

Zoya Hasan ,Ritu Menon, 2004. Unequal Citizens Status of Muslim Women in India , New Delhi ,OUP.

Zoya Hasan, Ritu Meon, 2005. In a Minority Essays on Muslim Women in India ; OUP.

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WMM 2012: WOMEN AND LANGUAGE Credits: 04 (Optional)

Course Objective: This course intends to examine the language structures and usage patterns exhibited by women and men. It focuses on the questions of how members of each sex use language differently, how does language treat the sexes differently and how do such differences affect our perception, attitudes and behavior in everyday life.

Course Outcome:

• This paper will enable the students to establish interconnections between gender and language.

• It will help the students to understand categories of masculinity, sexuality, gender etc. through a linguistic discourse.

• It will help the students realize the subjectivity of the female writer through the discourse of linguistics.

Gender and Language Gender, language and power

Construction of gender differences in language Subjectivity and the woman writer

Theoretical Debates; Feminism and Linguistic Theory When Men speak as Women; Gender, Genre and identity Sexuality and language

Discourse of Language in the ‘Public Sphere’

Gender and Civility

Discursive construction of gender: metaphor, agency, stereotypes and subject positioning.

Linguistic interplay in the 18^th and 19^th Century Indo Muslim Literature The language of the ‘Self’

Analyzing the biographical literature

Narrativizing Household and Power through language.

Bodine, Ann (1975). Androcentrism in prescriptive grammar: Singular ‘they,’ sex-indefinite ‘he,’ and

‘he or she’. Language in Society, 4: 129-46.

Cameron, D. (1992). Feminism and Linguistic Theory. 2^nd edition. London: Macmillan.

Cameron, Deborah and Don Kulick (2003). Talking sex and thinking sex: the linguistic and discursive construction of sexuality. In Deborah Cameron and Don Kulick Language and Sexuality. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. (pp 15-43).

Chakravarty, Radha (2008). Feminism and contemporary Women Writers: Rethinking Subjectivity.

New Delhi: Routledge.

Mann, Rajwanti (2011). Social Radicalism in Urdu literature: A Study of Gender Issues and Problems, 1930-1960. New Delhi: Manohar.

Petievich, Carla (2007). When men Speak as Women: Vocal masquerade in Indo-Muslim Poetry. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

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Roy, Anindyo (2006).Civility, Literature and Culture in British India, 1822-1922. London and New York: Routledge.

Stuart Blackburn and Vasudha Dalmia (ed). (2010). India’s Literary History: Essays on the nineteenth Cenuty. Delhi: Permanent Black.

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2020 - 21 SYLLABUS M.A. SEMESTER III

WMM 3001: WOMEN, STATE AND POLITICS IN INDIA Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: The paper aims to understand the nature of women’s political participation in the country. It holds specific relevance as it reveals the ways in which state and its mechanisms are informed by misogynist & patriarchal values.

Course Outcome:

• The course will help the students to understand the heterogeneous nature of the discourse of citizenship.

• It will equip students to analyse that how does a dialogue between political theory and gender open up avenues for the political emancipation of women.

• The course will make categories of the nation state, feminist political theory and political participation clearer to students.

Defining Power: Max Weber, Antonio Gramsci, Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt’s views on power Understanding Politics, its characteristics and different views on politics: Liberal, Marxist and Communitarian Perspective

Understanding Feminist Political Theory and the Contribution by Susan Moller Okin

Concepts of State, Nation and Nation-State, the nature of the Indian State (its Political Culture and Social Character)

State’s Policies and Women’s Question: Feminist Perspective and the Gendered Nature of Liberal Democratic State

State Feminism and the Political Representation of Women

Practical Gender Needs (PGNs) and Strategic Gender Needs (SGNs) and the Role of the State Women’s Presence in Formal and Informal Politics: Issues and Challenges

Women as Leaders, Voters and Contestants: Few Case Studies, Facts and Figures representing Women’s Political Participation

Women in Public Administration: Legislature, Executive and Judiciary

Women and the Discourse of Citizenship: the Concepts of Dialogical Citizenship, Epistemic Community and Differentiated Citizenship

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Susheela Kaushik (ed.) (1993), Women’s Participation in Politics, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

Nivedita Menon (ed.) (1999), Gender and Politics in India, Oxford University Press.

Madhu Purnima Kishwar (2008). Zealous Reformers, Deadly Laws: Battling Stereotypes, Sage Publications.

Rajeswari Sunder Rajan (2003), The Scandal of the State: Women, Law and Citizenship in Post- Colonial India, Permanent Black.

Iain Mackenzie (2009), Politics: Key Concepts in Philosophy Continuum.

Mary E. John (2008), Women’s Studies: A Reader, Penguin Books.

O. P. Gauba (2015), An Introduction to Political Theory, Mayur Paperbacks.

Nandita Shah and Nandita Gandhi (1992), The Issues at Stake: Theory and Practice in the Contemporary Women’s Movement in India, Kali for Women.

Nandita Shah and Nandita Gandhi (1991), The Quota Question: Women and Electoral Seats, Akshar Prakashan.

Smita Mishra Panda (ed.) (2008) Engendering Governance Institutions: State, Market and Civil Society, Sage.

Kenneth Murray Kunttila, Wendee Kubik (2000), State Theories: Classical, Global and Feminist Perspective, Fernwood.

Marilyn Friedman (ed.) (2004), Women and Citizenship, Oxford University Press, (Iris Marion Young,

‘The Logic of Masculinist Protection: Reflections on the Current Security State).

Nira Yuval-Davis and Pnina Werbner (eds.) (2005), Women, Citizenship and Difference, Zubaan.

Vasanthi Raman (2001), ‘The Women’s Question in Contemporary Indian Politics’, Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, Vol.7 No.2, pp. 39-71.

Nivedita Menon (1999), Gender & Politics in India, Oxford University Press, London.

Caroline O. N. Moser (1993), Gender, Planning and Development: Theory, Practice and Training, Routledge.

Leo J. Penta (1996), ‘Hannah Arendt: On Power’, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, New Series, Vol.

2, No.3, pp.210-229.

Colin Gordon (ed.) (2000), Power/Knowledge, Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-77: Michel Foucault, Pantheon Books, New York.

Padmini Swaminathan, ‘State and Subordination of Women’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 22, No. 44 (Oct. 31, 1987), pp. WS34- WS39.

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WMM 3002: WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: The objective of this paper is to help the students to develop an understanding of the environmental issues from a gender perspective. The course also aims to highlight the impact of development policies and globalisation on women and food security, and women’s role in conserving the environment and gender issues in resource rights.

Course Outcome:

After completing the course the students are expected to be able to:

• Understand the linkages and impacts of environment and technology on women.

• Determine national and international environmental issues affecting women.

• Be familiar with various environmental and technological experiments and their consequences.

• Comprehend gender sensitive policies related to environment and technology.

Eco-feminism, its origin and types; Epistemological challenges- Women–Nature connection Environmental feminism and critique of eco-feminism

Gendered effects of environmental degradation

Environmental degradation and Poverty creation - concerns of Third World Women Commercialization of forest produce and its effect on women

Impact of WTO (World Trade Organization) on agriculture; Expansion of agriculture for export &

natural resource extraction

Food security - Third World women& Gender equality Gender and resource rights

Gender & land rights – conceptual links; Need for independent land rights for women

Patriarchal nature of technology – Technological diffusion in agriculture and its effects on women Environmental Movements in India and other countries - Women’s role in natural resource management and sustainable development

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) – Rio Conference, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg

SDGs related to environment

Environmental issues at national and local levels

Gendered impact of pollution and natural hazards; Climate change and gender Environment policy in India - Ineffectiveness of resource protection policies.

Agarwal, B. (1994). A Field of One’s Own. Cambridge University Press, N. Delhi.

Agarwal, B. (2010). Gender and Green Governance: The Political Economy of Women’s Presence within and Beyond Community forestry. OUP, N. Delhi.

Agarwal, B. (2018). “Gender equality, food security & the sustainable development goals”.

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Current Opinion in Environment Sustainability 34:26-32.

Arnold, D. & R. Guha : Nature, Culture, Imperialism: Essays on the Environmental History of South Asia, OUP, Delhi.

Dickson, T.D. & Schaeffer, R.K. (2008). Transformation: Feminist Pathways to Global Change An Analytical Anthology. Paradigm Publishers, London.

Gadgil, M. & Guha, R. (1995).Ecology And Equity: The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India. Routledge.

Guha, R. (1992). This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India. OUP, India.

Guha, R. (1999). Environmentalism: A Global History. Penguin, India.

Habib, I.: Man & Environment: The Ecological History of India: A People’s History of India -36. Tulika Books, New Delhi.

McNeill, J.R. et al. (eds.): Environmental History – As if Nature Existed. OUP, New Delhi.

Rajgopalan, R. Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure, OUP, N. Delhi.

Rangarajan, M. (ed.): Environmental Issues in India: A Critical Analysis – A Reader. Pearson, N. Delhi.

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WMM 3003: FEMINIST RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: This paper aims to make students aware that in the course of the time feminism developed its own tools for research methodology with an objective to structure the contemporary system of knowledge formation free from any bias.

Course Outcome:

• Explore ideas and critiques raised by scholars about interdisciplinary research methods

• Comprehend various approaches to deal research questions and projects

• Develop their knowledge of methods appropriate to their own studies, including an assessment of their discipline’s approach to feminist methodology.

• Be capable to understand feminist methodology and design their own research.

Feminist Critiques of Modern Knowledge Paradigms;

Emergence of the concept of “Feminist” research Feminist critique of Science

Feminist critique of social sciences

Sexuality and Gender: An Analysis of Intersectionality

From Truth/Reality to knowledge/Power: Taking a feminist standpoint Feminist engagement with Marxist and Socialist thoughts

The Impact of Postmodern thought on feminist Methodology Foucault and Feminism

Feminist Approaches to Survey Research and Statistical Analysis:

Data Collection and Interpretation

Feminist Methods of Textual and Content Analysis

Feminist Pedagogy and Praxis: New Applications in the Academy and Public Policy

Suggested Reading:

Sharlene Naggy Hesse- Biber, Patricia Lina Leavy

: Feminist Research Practice: A Primer, Sage Publications, 2007.

Matt Henn, Mark Weinstein, Nick Foard

: A short introduction to Social Research, Vistaar Publications, 2006.

Nancy Arden Mc Hugh : Feminist Philosophy A – Z, Edinburgh University Press, 2007.

Maithree Wickrama Singhe, F.R.M.

: Making meanings of meaning waking, Front Ledge, 2010

Robyn Ryle : Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration,

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Sage, 2012

Caroline Ramazanoglu : Feminism and the Contradictions of Oppression, Routledge, 1989.

Colin Gordon (ed.) : Power/Knowledge, Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-77: Michel Foucault, Pantheon Books, New York.

Philomena Essed and others (eds.)

: A Companion to Gender Studies, Blackwell Publishing, 2005.

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WMM 3004: SOCIAL INCLUSION: DALIT AND MINORITY WOMEN Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: This paper aims to draw the attention to the periphery of the society, in terms of women belonging to the most marginal communities, while dealing with the idea of citizenship, social justice and accessibility to the resources.

Course Outcome:

• Be familiar with basic concepts and theories related to social exclusion from gender perspective.

• Understand the issues related to socially excluded and marginalized groups.

• Develop strategies to deal with issues related to marginalization of women.

• Explore practical guidelines for feminist interventions for social change and policy revision.

Historical locations and Forms of Social exclusion – Ostracism; Solidarism; Stigma; Poverty, Deprivation, Discrimination

Types of Exclusion Societies

Perspectives on Social Exclusion - Rene Lenoir, Hilary Silver, Ruth Levitas, Jo Beall, Charles Taylor, Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum

Gender Inequality and Theories of Justice Citizenship – Concept, Debates and Challenges

Constitutional and Legal Provisions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes National Commission for Minorities

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

Status of Dalit and Religious minority women – Education, Property, and other resources Indian Exclusion Reports

Dalit women’s Subversion in Literature - Dalit Literature: Shantabai Kamble; Bama; Om Prakash Valmiki; Namdeo Dhasal

Translations from Modern Marathi Literature by Arjun Dangale Women’s Reservation: Debates and Challenges

Uniform Civil Code – Concerns and Contentions

Implications of social exclusion for Dalit and Religious Minority Women

Ahmad, Imtiaz (ed.) (1983), Modernisation and Social Change among Muslims of India. Delhi: Manohar Anandhi, S. (1991). Women's Question in Dravidian Movement c. 1925 - 1948. Social Scientist, 19 (5-6), 24-41.

Briggs, G. W. (1920). The Chamars. Calcutta: Association Press.

Chakravarti, U. (2003). Gendering Caste Through a Feminist Lens. Calcutta: Stree

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Channa, Subhadra Mitra. Gender in South Asia: Social Imagination and Constructed realities. New Delhi:

Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Couldry, Nick. Why Voice Matters: Culture and Politics after Neoliberalism. London: Sage, 2010 Engineer, Ali Asghar. Problems of Muslim Women in India. Bombay: Orient Longman, 1995.

Feder, J. A. O virgin of Virgins, Our Mother: A Feminist Reconstruction of Mary's Perpetual Virginity as a model for Christian Discipleship. Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought, 4 (1), 1-32.

Ghadially, Rehana. All for Izzat: The Practice of Female Circumcision among Bohra Muslims in India. Women Living Under Muslim Law: dossier no. 16 (1991): 13-17.

Hasan, Zoya (ed.). Forging Identities: Gender, Communities and the State. New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1994.

Hashia, Hasina (ed.). Muslim Women in India Since Independence: Feminist Perspectives. New Delhi: Institute of Objective Studies, 1998.

Irudayam, Aloysius et al. Dalit women speak out: caste, class and gender violence in India. New Delhi :Zubaan, 2012.

Jacobsh, D. R. (2010). Sikhism and Women: History, Texts and Empire. New York: OUP.

Jeffrey, Patricia and Amrita Basu (ed.). Appropriating Gender, Women’s Activism and Politicised Religion in South Asia. New York: Routledge, 1998.

Kothari, R. (2005). Rethinking Democracy. New Delhi: Orient Longman.

Lateef, Shahida. Muslim Women in India, Political and Private Realities: 1890s-1980s. New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1990.

Nandy, A. (1995). An Anti-Secularist Manifesto. India International Centre Quarterly, 22 (1), 35-64.

Narayan, B. (2006). Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics. New Delhi:

Sage.

Olivelle, P. (Ed.). (1999). Dharmasutras: The Law Codes of Ancient India. (P. Olivelle, Trans.) New York:

Oxford University Press.

Pathak, Zakia and Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan. Shah Bano. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 14 (1989): 558-82.

Paul, D. Y. (1979). Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in Mahayana Tradition. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press.

R., Kathryn. Blackstone. (1998). Women in the footsteps of the Buddha: Struggles for Liberation in the Therigatha. England: Curzon Press.

Rao, Anupama. Rethinking caste and gender. New Delhi : Kali for Women, 2003.

Rege, Sharmila. Writing Caste, Writing Gender: Narrating Dalit Women’s Destinies. New Delhi :Zubaan, 2013.

Sharma, R. S. (1996). Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India (4th Edition ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas.

Sharma, Ursula. Caste. Buckingham : Open University Press, 1999.

Shastri, J. L. (1943). Political Thought in the Puranas: With an Appendix Containing Complete Extracts of Verses on Polity. The author.

Sunder Rajan, Rajeshwari. Women between Community and State: Some implications of the Uniform Civil Code debates in India. Social Text 18, no 4 (2000): 55-82.

Taylor, Charles. (October, 1998). The Dynamics of Democratic Exclusion. Journal of Democracy. Vol. 9 Issue 4 Vatuk, Sylvia. Schooling for what? The cultural and social context of women’s education in a South Indian Muslim family in C. Mukhopadhyay and S. Seymour (ed.), Women, Education and Family Structure in India (Boulder, Colo.: Westview).

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WMM 3011: WOMEN’S HEALTH AND NUTRITION

Credits: 04 (Optional)

Course Objective: Through this paper we intend to generate awareness among students about issues and concerns about women’s health & provide perspectives for women’s better access to healthcare services,

Course Outcome:

• Understand the basis of health and nutritional requirements and their recommendations through the life cycle.

• Comprehend the physiological and metabolic role of various nutrients and their interactions in human nutrition.

• Be familiar with new reproductive technologies and their impacts on women.

• Explore and critically analyze national and international initiatives related to women’s health and nutrition.

Concept of General and Reproductive Health

WHO’s Definition of Health, Health Indicators and Assessment of Health Status Status of Women’s Health in India

Factors Influencing Women’s Health

Women Specific Health Issues throughout the Life Cycle: Infancy, Adolescence, Adulthood and Old Age

Health Care Infrastructure in India, Women’s Access to Health Care Service

Women and Nutrition, Malnutrition, Deficiency and Diseases New Reproductive Technologies and Maternal Health in India

Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Ethical and Legal Issues about In- Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Commercial Surrogacy, Baby Manjhi Case Study;

Women’s Health and Occupational Hazards, Case Study of Beedi Workers etc, Health Issues of Migrant Women and Displacement.

National Health and Population Policies and Programs in India

National Family Health Surveys (NFHS), National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), Pradhan Mantri Swasthaya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY)

International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Cairo, 1994; Alma Ata Declaration, 1978

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Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (1971), Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique Act (1994) and Issue of Sex Selective Abortions; Gender Budgeting and Women’s Health.

Annandale, E. (2009). Women’s Health and Social Change. Routledge, Oxon.

Gandhi. A. (Ed.). (2006). Women’s Work health and Empowerment. Aakar, Delhi.

Grown, C. (Ed.). (2006). Trading Women’s Health and Rights. Zed Books, London.

James, K. S., A. Pandey, D. W. Bansod & L. Subaiya (Eds.). (2010). Population, Gender and Health in India: Methods, Processes and Policies. Academic Foundation, New Delhi

Koening, M. A., S. Jejeebhoy, J. C. Cleland & M. Koenig (Eds.). (2008). Reproductive Health in India: New Evidence, Rawat Publications, Jaipur

Mukhopadhyay, S. (Ed.). (1998). Women’s Health, Public Policy and Community Action. Manohar Publishers, New. Delhi

Murthy, P. & S. C. Lanford. (2009).Women’s Global Health and Human Rights. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury

Nomani, Z. M. (2004). Rights To Health: A Socio-Legal Perspective. Uppal Publishing, New Delhi Pandya, R. (Ed.). (2009). Health, Family Planning and Nutrition in India. New Century Publications, New Delhi

Rao, B.S. & Y. I. Kumari. (2005).Empowerment of Women and Health. Serials Publications, Delhi Singh, A. L. (2005).Rural, Women: Work and Health. The Women Press, Delhi

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WMM 3012: WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW Credits: 04(Optional)

Course Objective: Feminist interventions have led to several significant developments in international human rights law. This paper seeks to introduce students to the UN framework and its contributions in the development of international human rights law from the perspective of women’s human rights.

Course Outcome:

• Understand International laws for protection of human rights in general and women’s rights in particular.

• Evaluate the various mechanisms and procedures for human rights law enforcement.

• Critically assess specific areas of international human rights law with reference to relevant legal instruments and contemporary cases.

• Compare the international human rights law system and regional human rights law systems.

Concept of International Law

Historical development of the concept of Human Rights and human rights law

Development and concept of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the Geneva Conventions Difference between human rights law and IHL

Gender based provisions of Humanitarian Law Feminist Critiques of human rights law

Women’s human rights; UN and the protection of Women’s rights UDHR, ICCPR, ICESCR CEDAW, Treaty based bodies and protection of women’s rights

Vienna Conference on human rights 1993 and the development of women’s human rights.

Protection women’s rights under the regional treaties of Human rights Women’s rights under the African Charter of Human rights

Protection of Women’s human rights under the Inter-American system of human rights European court of Human rights and the protection of women’s rights

Violence against women and provisions of international. Human rights law, UN Declaration on Elimination of Violence against women 1992; General Recommendation no.19

International refugee law and the protection of women.

Francoise Krill.1985 The Protection of Women in international humanitarian Law, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 249.

Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman (eds).2008. International Human Rights in Context: Law Politics Morals.

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Jo Lym Southhard. Protection of Women’s Human rights under the CEDAW.

Judeth Gardam. Protection of Women in armed conflict, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 22, No 1, 2000.

Julie Peters and Andrea Wolper (eds.) 2001. Feminist Perspectives Women’s Rights and Human Rights:

International Feminist perspectives.

Laura Sjoberg (ed.) 2002. Gender and International Security

Marjorie Agosin (ed.) 2002. Women Gender and Human Rights: A Global Perspective.

Radhika Coomaraswamy. Are Women’s Rights Universal? Re-engaging the Local in, At the Cutting Edge: Essays in Honor of Kumari Jayawardena.

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WMM 3091: WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT Credits: 4 (Open Elective)

Course Objective: The purpose of this course is to evaluate how the mainstream development paradigm affects women and other marginalised genders in various situations. It identifies various developmental concerns related to different identities.

Course Outcome:

• The course will enable students to look into the marginalised groups’ lived experiences of development.

• The paper will provide varied paradigms of development in order to achieve the best way for promoting sustainable development.

• It will help students understand the inter relationship between gender and development.

Conceptualization of Gender, Gender Roles and Stereotypes, Implications of Changing Social Sex Roles, Gender Differences in Self-Disclosure, Interaction Between Gender and Power

Gender Identity, Sex, Gender, And Intersex, Development of Gender Identity

Understanding Women’s Studies: Concept and Objectives. Origin and Growth of Women’s Studies as an academic discipline

Feminism: Issues of the Three Waves of Feminism

Concept of Development, Theories of Development: Theory of Modernisation, Theory of Dependency, Theory of World-Systems

Amatya Sen’s Concept of Development: Development as Freedom

Naila Kabeer’s Concept of Development: Reversed Realities Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought

Indicators of Development: HDI, GDI, GII, GEM

Women in Development Programmes: Women in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD), and Gender and Development (GAD)

Globalisation, Women and Development

UN Conferences on Women: Mexico (1975), Copenhagen (1980), Nairobi (1985), Beijing (1995) UNDP’s Strategy for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth: Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals

National Initiatives for Women and Development: Five Year Plans, National Perspective Plan for Women (1988-2010), National Policy for the Empowerment of Women (2001)

*Group Discussions on relevant topics related to women and development issues.

Mary Evans and Carolyn H. Williams (eds.) (2013), Gender: The Key Concepts, Routledge V. Geetha (2006), Gender, OUP: Calcutta.

Mary E. John (ed.) (2008), Women’s Studies in India: A Reader, Penguin Books Maitrayee Chaudhari (2006), Feminism in India, OUP: New Delhi.

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KamlaBhasin (2006), What is Patriarchy?, Kali for Women.

Rosemarie Tong (2006), Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction, Routledge.

Boserup, E. (1970). Women’s role in development. London: Earthscan.

Ghosh, J. (2009). Never Done & Poorly Paid: Women’s Work in Globalising India. Women Unlimited.

New Delhi, India.

Visvanathan, N., Duggan, L., Nisonoff, L., &Wiegersma, N. (Eds.).(1997). The Women, Gender, and Development Reader.New Africa Books.

Amartya Sen. (1999), Development as Freedom. OUP: New York.

Martha Nussbaum. (2000), Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach. Cambridge University Press: UK.

Martha Nussbaum and Jonathan Glover. (1995), Women, Culture and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities. Clarendon Press.

Kum-Kum Bhavnani. (2006), Feminist Futures: Re-imagining Women Culture and Development.

Zubaan: New Delhi.

Naila Kabeer (ed). (2005), Inclusive Citizenship: Meanings and Expressions. Zubaan: New Delhi.

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2020 - 21 SYLLABUS M.A. SEMESTER IV

WMM 4001: COLONIALISM, NATIONALISM AND GENDER Credits: 04 (Compulsory)

Course Objective: This paper aims to introduce to students the conceptual framework of nationalism and its relation with the gender. Specifically it deals with emergence of Indian nationalism and issue of gender in colonial context.

Course Outcome:

• Students will be able to understand the concepts of nationalism and colonialism and also its correlation with feminism.

• Students will be able to understand the gendered aspect of state and governance.

• The paper will provide an insight to the students and make them capable to bring institutional and structural change with gender neutrality.

Explaining Nationalism, Imperialism and Colonialism Gender and Nation: A Complex Interplay

Feminist Nationalism: An Academic Discourse on Women and Nationalism Gender, Nation and State: Influence of State and Religious Communities on the Construction of Gendered Identities

Construction of National and Community Identities in the Light of Partition ofIndia Women and Biological Reproduction of Nation

Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism Construction of Gender: A Colonial Perspective Feminism and Nationalism: Third World Perspective

Suggested Readings

Nira Yuval Davis : Gender and Nation, Sage Publication, New Delhi, 2007

Kumari Jayawardena: Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World, Zed Books, 1986, Angela Woollcott: Gender and Empire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Lois A. West (ed.): Feminist Nationalism, Routledge, 1997

A.R. Desai : Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Popular Prakashan, 1984 Rada Ivekovic & Julie Mostov (eds.): From Gender to Nation, Zubaan, 2004

Ritu Menon , Selfhood, Nation and Gender: The Psychic Roots of Sexism, Racism and Nationalism;:

Urvashi Butalia: Do Women Have a Country?

Malini Bhattacharya (ed.) Gender and Nation: Some Reflections from India

Utsa Patnaik: Globalization: The New Colonialism: Impact of Economic Reforms on Employment and Food Security in India), Tulika Books, 2004

Radha Krishna Sharma : Nationalism, Social Reform and Indian Women, Janaki Prakashan, 1979 (Chapter-III Nationalism, Politics and Women)

Ornit Shani: Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in

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Gujarat, Cambridge University Press, 2007

Jeff Lewis : Cultural Studies: The Basics, Sage Publications, 2008 (Chapter-10:

Globalization and Global Spaces: Local Transformations)

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