Women in India : Exploring Work, Life, and Freedom (Hardcover)

List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction Part I: Literature and culture 1. Crafting ecriture feminine: history, womanhood, and “taboo” in Bengali women’s poetry 2. Women folk songs as a history of female resistance: a feminist reading of Bhojpuri folk songs and Malabar’s Kathu Pattu 3. Engendering Chhau dance of Purulia: deconstructing the binary 4. The dichotomy of conservatism and freedom: analysing Amulya Malladi’s The Mango Season 5. ‘Femvertising’: a critical analysis of the evolution of Indian sanitary napkin advertisements over time Part II: Body, health, and violence 6. Contesting maternity: reading Zehra Naqvi’s The Reluctant Mother: A Story No One Wants to Tell 7. Broken reproductive health of women sugarcane cutters in Maharashtra, India 8. A gendered analysis of waist-to-hip ratio and its association with diabetes and hypertension in India 9. Tracing a way forward: analysing the lives of female acid-attack survivors in India 10. Beyond violence and victimhood: examining Anuradha Roy’s Sleeping on Jupiter Part III: Social movements, employment, and livelihood 11. The visible invisibility of Dalit Christian women in the anti-caste movements of Kerala 12. Gendered division of labour and the environmental burden: a critical analysis of Kiran Nagarkar’s Jasoda 13. Stepping into forbidden avenues: a study of biopics on Indian sportswomen 14. Higher education and women’s participation in technology-based industries in India: a regional outlook 15. Trials within and beyond courtrooms: a study of gender politics and legal parlance in select Malayalam courtroom films 16. Impact of organisational gender culture on occupational well-being: has the glass ceiling shattered? Index.