Gebundenes Buch

The Gendered Body in South Asia

Negotiation, Resistance, Struggle

Herausgeber: Malhotra, Meenakshi; Johri, Rachana; Menon, Krishna

Beschreibung

This book situates the discourse on the gendered body within the rapidly transitioning South Asian socio-economic and cultural landscape. It critically analyses gender politics from different disciplinary perspectives including psychoanalysis, post structuralism, post colonialism and law among others.

Autor

Meenakshi Malhotra teaches English in Hansraj College, Delhi University, India, and has edited two textbooks, Representing the Self and Claiming the I. Her recent publications include articles on life writing in Women's and Gender Studies in India: Crossings (2019), "Subjugated Knowledges and Emergent Voices" in Revolving around India(s) (2020) and "The Engendering of Hurt" in The State of Hurt (2016). Krishna Menon is Professor at the School of Human Studies and former Dean at the School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi. Her research and teaching interests span political theory, Indian politics, critical music studies and gender studies. Her most recent co-edited book Doing Feminisms in the Academy: Identity, Institutional Pedagogy and Critical Classrooms in India and the UK (2020) is based on a UGC UKIERI Project with the University of Edinburgh of which she was the Principal Investigator. Rachana Johri is former Professor at the School of Human Studies and Director of the Centre for Psychotherapy and Clinical Research at Ambedkar University Delhi, India, where she teaches psychology, psychosocial studies and gender studies. Her recent publications include "New Bodies in Cities: Contested Technologies of the Self in Urban India" in Contemporary Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West: Care of the Self Vol 2; "Feminism in the Neo-Liberal University: Expanding Field or Shrinking Space" in Doing Feminisms in the Academy: Identity, Institutional Pedagogy and Critical Classrooms in India and the UK (2020) and "Crafting Spaces at New Intersections: In Search of Psychoanalytic Feminism for India" in Women's and Gender Studies in India: Crossings (2019).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9780367715311
• ISBN-10: 0367715317
• Artikelnr.: 67681309