Social Science
Gender Issues
Description
The book on “Gender Issues” gives a new multidisciplinary perspective to the understanding of various concerns related to gender. Major dimensions covered in this book are; reproductive health, gender justice, reforms, women in Islam, feminist methodology, politicizing feminine, gender equality, gender and law, and identity crisis among transgenders. This volume will be useful to the academicians, social reformers, policy makers, and the intellectuals who are really concerned with gender issues.
Table of Contents
About the Editor; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Reproductive Health in India: An Overview Through Feminist Lens; Understanding Women’s Health and Rights Issues; Dynamics of Gender Variation and Formation of Gender Identity; Baptizing U.S. Women into the Spirit of Freedom and – Equality: Reviving Political Messages and Spiritual Melodies from Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Popular Talk Our Girls; Women’s Movements and Feminism in India; Gender Equality in Islam and Muslim Women in India: –An Agenda for Reforms; Gender and Personal Laws in India; Politicizing the Feminine: Sociological Analysis of –Gender Issues; Interrogating the Feminist Methodology in Social – Sciences: Towards an Interdisciplinary Insight; Gender Justice and Social Reform: Vision of – Sardar Patel; Circles of Gender Liberation; List of Contributors; Subject Index