Manjeet bhatia (10 resultados)

Condición: New. pp. 162.

Condición: New. pp. 162 1st Edition.

Condición: New. pp. 162.

Condición: New. pp. xvi + 404 Illus., Maps.

Condición: New. pp. xvi + 404 Acknowledgements.

Hardcover. Condición: New. ISBN:9788131606582,316pp.

Hardcover. Condición: New. ISBN:8131601153,420pp.

Hardcover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. It is an anthology of scholarly articles discussing, analysing, foregrounding gender in the complex outcomes of liberalisation in India. The work contains articles based on theoretical and research based studies encompassing various aspects of new middle class that engages at different sites of gender dynamics of home, new generation jobs, market, space, media, technology, consumption, leisure and the political. The book suggests directions for further research and analysis.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. Women s Studies, by its very philosophy, is located beyond the individual. Its aim is to transform society for ensuring dignity to women through various institutional tools such as teaching, research, policy advice and extension programmes. This book is about the journey of past twenty-five years of UGC s initiated Women s Studies, the way it got shaped at the University of Delhi. It is an attempt to highlight various women s concerns touched upon by the scholars associated with the Women s Studies and Development Centre. The themes covered in the book throw a light on the trajectory of this journey with an interdisciplinary inquiry of women s realities. The book contributes to the understanding of gender at various backdrops, like, girl child, young urban women, women s agency, negotiations with violence, representation of women in media and literature, the caste and class realities and the concerns that have emerged due to globalization.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. Contributors. Introduction. 1. Girl child: socio-demographic implications for South Asia/A.R. Nanda and Lalitendu Jagatdeb. 2. Women and environment in South Asia: changes and future prospects/Anoja Wickramasinghe. 3. Big boys on the block: the intersections of militarism and patriarchy/Anuradha M. Chenoy. 4. Agendas for gender: follow-up on the Beijing Platform for action from a UNIFEM Perspective/Chandni Joshi. 5. Legal pluralism, minority identity and the Uniform Civil Code Debate/Flavia Agnes. 6. Globalization, resistance and change: reflections on South Asian women's experience/Indu Agnihotri. 7. Challenges for women's empowerment and education in South Asia: the goal is empowerment of human values/Kamla Bhasin. 8. Gender imagery in American and Indian advertising: some comparative notes/Lucinda Joy Peach. 9. Violence: a norm against women in South Asia/Manjeet Bhatia. 10. The South Asian girl child: her right to education/Manzoor Ahmed. 11. Trafficking in women and children: the South Asian reality/Nandita Baruah. 12. Dimensions of gender development in South Asia based on human development indicators/Preet Rustagi. 13. Reproductive health of women in South Asia/Sheela Saravanan. 14. Persisting structures, ideological manoeuvres and everyday challenges: reflections on Women's Movements in South Asia/Uma Chakravarti. Index. "As the world increasingly becomes globalised, the focus of international attention shifts towards South Asia and seriously engages itself with the social, political, economic and cultural aspects of the region. This book seeks to position gender issues right in the centre of that engagement. The essays contained in this book written by academics from varied disciplines and activists in the field of women's studies address important issues such as education, health, violence, law, human rights and social equity in the complex demography of South Asia from a gender perspective." (jacket).…