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Journal of Gender and Justice

by: Kiran Barman , Anita Singh

The Indian society has yet to appreciate the strength of its women populace and treat them as quintessentials in nation-building. The objectives of this journal from Banaras Hindu University’s Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, are both academic and social. It expects to change the present attitude and values in society regarding women’s roles and rights to one of equal participation in all social, economic and political processes.

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ISBN: 9788124607701
Year Of Publication: 2013
Edition: 1st
Pages : vi, 177p.
Language : English
Binding : Paperback
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23cm
Weight: 300

Overview

India has been labelled as a land of gender inequality and a challenging place for a woman to live. For centuries, social reformers were fighting for women rights and thus taking the country out of this social stigma and injustice, and they invested a lot on educating and empowering women. But they have met with only partial success. The numerous cases of female infanticides, sex-selective abortions and atrocities on women endorse this fact. We have yet to undergo a sea change in our attitude towards the dignity, education, employment and empowerment of women. The society has to appreciate their strength and treat them as quintessentials in nation-building.
There is no society in the world in which women do not experience some gender inequality, be it in political, economic, social, or legal fronts. But in many countries, the gender inequality is really acute. Therefore these important issues Þ the invisibility, dstortion and marginalization of gender as a category of analysis in mainstream disciplines and their canonozation Þ need serious deliberations.
The objectives of Journal of Gender and Justice are both academic and social. It expects to change the present attitude and values in society regarding women’s roles and rights to one of equal participation in all social, economic and political processes. It is designed to help in bringing a culture shift in attitudes and values in society regarding women’s roles and rights. This ßannualû journal from the stable of Banares Hindu University’s Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, Varanasi, will also target at fulfilling a special responsibility to teachers, who are aware of the need of non-sexiest education, who would pick up the challenge to promote value of equality, including the gender equality.

Contents

Editors’ Note
Looking Through the Glass of Managerial Femininity: A Polemic
— Dhammika Jayawardena
A Neo-feminist Contemplation of Gender Issues in Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman
— Kikelomo Owoeye Omolara
Interrogating Phallocentric Powers in Kamala Das’ Summer in Calcutta
— Mithilesh K. Pandey
Fulminations of a Feminist Father
— Sarvajit Mukerji
Kusum Kumar’s Listen Shefali: A Female Dalit’s Performance from Erasure to Assertion
— Saurabh Kumar Singh
Can Morality Be Measured? A Critical Look at Zimbabwe Women Dancers
— Jesca Mushoperi Machingura
Patriarchy, Gender and Politics in Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary
— Ashish Kumar Pathak
Gender Justice by Ensuring Women’s Rights in India
— Kamlesh Kumar
Beyond the Domestic: A Reading of Partha Chatterjee’s A Princely Impostor
— Amrita Banerjee
Gender-based Sexual Violence Among Nigerian Widows: Implication for HIV Transmission
— Akanle Florence Foluso
Going Where No Scholar Has Dared Go Before: Studying Sexual Abuse Among America’s Female Prisoners
— Cathy McDaniels-Wilson and Judson L. Jeffries
Human Rights and North-east India: A Literary Perspective
— Namrata Rathore Mahanta
Reading the Power Within: Gender, Social Change, and Conscientization in Chinese Fiction
— Birgit Linder
Creating Space for Women in Medieval Bhakti Movement: Its Significance (ce 600–1200)
— Meenakshi Jha
Personal Laws in India: A Feminist Persepective
— Preeti Singh
Women’s Subjectivity and Adaptation Strategies in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
— J.S. Jha
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Anita Singh is Professor, Department of English and Co-Coordinator, Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Her areas of interests are Indian Feminist Theatre, Gender Studies and Performance Studies. She is both a critic and creative writer, and has published many articles, translations, book reviews, anthologies and short stories in various journals and magazines. Currently, she is working on a project sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, on “Staging Gender: Performing Women in Ramlila of Ramnagar”.
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