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2007
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Herausgegeben von: | Ghadially, Rehana |
| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Jahr: | 2007 |
| Maße: | 25cm |
| ISBN: | 0761935207 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Reminding us that the road to the complete empowerment of women in India is still a long one, this volume focuses on the globalization experiences of women from the Indian urban, educated, middle class. The six sections cover: reconstructing gender; violence; media; neo-liberal globalization; information and communication technologies; and politics and political participation. Table of contents: INTRODUCTION (Rehana Ghadially) * Adolescence, Embodiment and Gender Identity: Elite Women in a Changing Society (Meenakshi Thapan) * Male Hindi Filmgoers' Gaze: An Ethnographic Interpretation of Gender Construction (Steve Derne and Lisa Jadwin) * Women as Emblems of Culture and Nation: Conceptions of the Hindu Right and the Democratic Women's Movement (U. Vindhya) * Gender Roles and Cultural Continuity in the Asian Indian Immigrant Community in the U.S. (Shamita Das Dasgupta) * Dowry-Murder: An Example of Violence against Women (Jane Rudd) * When Homes are Torture Chambers: Vimochana's Work with Victims of Domestic Violence (Vimochana) * Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (Vibhuti Patel) * Empowerment Approaches to Gender-Based Violence: Women's Courts in Delhi Slums (Veronica Magar) * Men and Women in Indian Magazine Advertisements: A Preliminary Report (Mallika Das) * The Women's Movement and the Press in India: The Construction of Female Foeticide as a Social Issue (Rashmi Luthra) * Portrayals of Sexual Violence in Popular Hindi Films, 1997-99 (Srividya Ramasubramanian and Mary Beth Oliver) * Packaging the Contemporary Woman in Television Fiction: Deconstructing the Role of 'Commerce' and 'Tradition' (Centre for Advocacy and Research) Showcasing India: Gender, Geography and Globalization (Rupal Oza ) * More than Just Tacking Women on to the 'Macro-Picture': Feminist Contributions to Globalization Discourses (Sharmila Rege) * Gender and Employment in the Context of Globalization: Some Facts and Figures (Rina Bhattacharya) * Globalization and Women in India in the 1990s (Gabriele Dietrich) * ICT and the Technological U-Turn for Women (Ashima Goyal) * Gender, Cybercafes and Internet Access: Bridging the Digital Divide? (Anikar Haseloff and Rehana Ghadially) * Empowering Women through ICT Education: Facilitating Computer Adoption (Farida Umrani and Rehana Ghadially) * ICT Initiatives, Women and Work: Reproducing or Changing Gender Inequalities? (Shobha Arun, Richard Heeks and Sharon Morgan) * Gender and Nationalism: The Masculinization of Hinduism and Female Political Participation (Sikata Banerjee) * Greater Political Representation for Women: A Brief History of Events and Debates (Leela Kasturi) * The Women's Question in Contemporary Politics (Vasanthi Raman) | |
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