| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Routledge Research on Asian Development |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 Introduction; 2 Gender and development: a Bourdieusian framework; 3 Situating gender capital in Kerala; 4 Matriliny and kinship: transforming gendered habitus in semi-rural livelihoods; 5 ICT and gender capital @work; 6 Migrating gendered capital; 7 Gendered violence and victimisation: symbolic violence and complicity; 8 Asset accumulation and Adivasis: limits to legitimate capital; 9 Conclusion; Index |
| Summary |
"The Indian state of Kerala has invoked much attention within development and gender debates, specifically in relation to its female capital- an outcome of interrelated historical, cultural and social practices. On the one hand, Kerala has been romanticised, with its citizenry, particularly women, being free of social divisions and uplifted through educational well-being. On the other hand, its realism is stark, particularly in the light of recent social changes. Using a Bourdieusian frame of analysis, Development and Gender Capital in India explores the forces of globalisation and how they are embedded within power structures. Through narratives of women's lived experiences in the private and public domains, it highlights the 'anomie of gender' through complexities and contradictions vis-à-vis processes of modernity, development and globalisation. By demonstrating the limits placed upon gender capital by structures of patriarchy and domination, it argues that discussions about the empowered Malayalee women?should move from a mere 'politics of rhetoric and representation' to a more embedded 'politics of transformation', meaningfully taking into account?women's changing roles and identities. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Development Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology and Sociology."--Provided by publisher |
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Women in development -- India -- Kerala
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Sex role and globalization -- India -- Kerala
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Sex role and globalization
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Women in development
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India -- Kerala
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315409184 |
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1315409186 |
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