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Abstract Following the lead of labour movements, this article frames slums as labour geographies whose evictions constitute the devaluation of labour in spatial terms. This devaluation occurs in two modes: in the first, through the rendering of workers as “encroachers” or “the urban poor” in policy documents and public discourse, thereby unmooring ...
Priti Narayan
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Representation of Feminism in African American and Dalit Literature
Mainstream feminism has remained an elitist concept in India with much less attention and significance in comparison to the feminism conception in western countries. The Indian feminist movement failed to represent the perspectives of the Dalit women that have been subjected in the Indian society since ages. Subsequently, the Dalit women were forced to
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African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation
Abstract Antipode has become a key platform for engaging with decolonial and anticolonial scholarship, as well as adjacent fields such as Black geographies, Indigenous studies, Latin American feminism, and work on settler‐colonialism. African reference points in this literature, however, have been far less common, both in the journal and more broadly ...
Patricia Daley +10 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Guided by intersectional feminism and symbolic interactionism, the purpose of this study was to document the untold stories of women with incarcerated spouses in India. Background When a family member is incarcerated, the task of emotionally and financially supporting the family often falls upon women, who are likely to be ...
Shivangi Gupta, Caroline Sanner
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Unsung melodies from margins - By Antony John Baptist
In modern India of 2016, the question as to whether caste is still a moral issue or a political tactic is fiercely debated. The ruling political party and their supporters insist that caste is no longer a relevant issue today, whereas others say that ...
Michael T Balonek
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Dileanation And A Role Of Mainstream To Dalit Feminism
Dalit women have long occupied marginal positions and been excluded from two major Indian social movements: The Feminist Movement and the Dalit Movement. The researcher examines how Dalit women have made creative use of their marginality—their ‘outsider-within' status—and have represented their lived experiences.
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Living in fear: The psychological impact of the threat of sexual violence on women in India
Abstract In today's society, women are increasingly vulnerable to sexual violence, whether at home, in the workplace, or in public spaces. This study aims to explore how the perceived threat of sexual violence affects the psychological well‐being and daily behavior of women aged 20–30 in northern India, with a focus on fear, stress, and anxiety.
Afreen Waseem, Naila Firdous, Shah Alam
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Ghinn: Colorism and gendered revulsion in North India
Abstract This article examines how colorism is gendered in North India by foregrounding women's narratives of being subjected to ghinn—disgust or repugnance—around their skin tone. I argue that paying attention to the ghinn directed at dark skin shows how colorism here builds on casteism, and how there is a gendered dimension to it: ghinn at women ...
Katyayani Dalmia
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Lessons on touch: Caring for pesticide exposure in toxic geographies
This article studies touch as a tool to sense and care for chronic pesticide exposure. It uncovers how agricultural communities come in contact with toxic chemicals and learn to live within toxic geographies as well as possible. Such understandings can cultivate more compassionate and liveable worlds.
Mayra Sánchez Barba
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ABSTRACT This paper supports policymakers to consider how well their water‐related policies respond to gender roles, norms and relations. By braiding the latest philosophies on gender mainstreaming with Integrated Water Resources Management and Feminist Policy Analysis principles, we describe a Multi‐Dimensional Index of Gender in Water Policy (MDI‐GWP)
Susan M. Cuddy +3 more
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