书目名称 | Persisting Patriarchy |
副标题 | Intersectionalities, |
编辑 | Kochurani Abraham |
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概述 | Opens a critical window to the implications of the religious mediation of patriarchy as manifested in the caste inscribed Catholic Syrian Christian community of Kerala.Considers the varied expressions |
丛书名称 | New Approaches to Religion and Power |
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描述 | .This book examines the operational dynamics of patriarchy that is deeply woven into the Indian cultural fabric and its persistence in spite of women advancing in Human Development Indices. In studying the situation of women of the Catholic Syrian Christian community of Kerala, South India, as a case of analysis, Kochurani Abraham identifies caste consciousness and religious prescriptions of this community as the main factors that intersect with gendered identity construction and succeed in keeping women within its patriarchal confines. While women do engage in negotiating patriarchy through what can be termed simulative, tactical, and ‘agensic’ bargains, this remains a ‘politics of survival’ as it does not challenge the established gender order. In this context, making a shift from ‘politics of survival’ to a ‘politics of subversion’ is imperative for challenging persisting patriarchies.. . |
出版日期 | Book 2019 |
关键词 | Kerala; Catholic Syrian Christian; Syria; India; feminism; religion and gender |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21488-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-21490-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-21488-3Series ISSN 2634-6079 Series E-ISSN 2634-6087 |
issn_series | 2634-6079 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |