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Banerjee Supurna , Nandini Ghosh

Caste and gender in contemporary India : Power, privilege and politics - LOndon Routledge 2014

Table of Contents
List of Tables

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Glossary



Introduction

Interrogating Intersections, Understanding Identities

Nandini Ghosh and Supurna Banerjee

Chapter 1

Thinking about Caste: An Autobiographical Journey

Uma Chakravarti

Chapter 2

Negotiating with Patriarchy and Access to Higher Education

Vandana

Chapter 3

Kaarigars, Karkhanas and the Art of Embroidery

Bidisha Dhar

Chapter 4

Negotiating Gender: Caste and Disability Identities of Women in India

Nandini Ghosh

Chapter 5

Caste Identity and Community Feast among Yadavs: An Interpretation

Devi Prasad

Chapter 6

The Hindutva Politics of Uma Bharati: Challenges to Women’s Movements

Nandita Banerjee Dhawan

Chapter 7

Nationalism of Exclusion: Gaumata and her Unholy Sons

Supurna Banerjee

Chapter 8

‘Chandalini-r Bibriti’: Interrogating Caste and Gender in Contemporary Bengali Dalit Literature

Praskanva Sinharay

Chapter 9

Bama’s ‘Karukku’: A Beaded String of Gender, Caste, Religion

Amrita Basu Roy Chowdhury

Chapter 10

Caste-Gender Intersectionalities and the Curious Case of Child Nutrition: A Methodological Exposition

Simantini Mukhopadhyay and Achin Chakraborty

Index

ISBN: 9780367147624

Subjects--Topical Terms: --Gender - Feminism

Dewey Class. No.: 305.42 BAN