Narratives from the women's studies family : recreating knowledge

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Narratives from the women's studies family : recreating knowledge

editors, Devaki Jain, Pam Rajput

Sage Publications, 2003

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This unique volume brings together the personal accounts of 17 scholars and activists who have initiated and/or nurtured centres for women's studies. The heterogeneous group represented here covers the entire range of the women's studies family in India. The contributors highlight the inroads that women's studies has made to the knowledge base in the social and material sciences and where it has inspired a shift in policy or a change in curriculum.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Devaki Jain and Pam Rajput Foreword - Arun Nigavekar From Women's Education to Women's Studies - Neera Desai, Vina Mazumdar and Kamalini Bhansali The Long Struggle for Legitimacy PART ONE: CASE STUDIES OF UNIVERSITY-BASED WOMEN'S STUDIES CENTRES Blazing a Quarter Century Trail - Maithreyi Krishnaraj Research Centre for Women's Studies, SNDT University From Cycle Shed to Powerhouse - Pam Rajput Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Panjab University Integrating Activism and Academics - Chaya Datar Unit for Women's Studies, Tata Institute if Social Sciences Catalysts and Deterrents - Susheela Kaushik Women's Studies and Development Centre, Delhi University Being a Woman Is Not Enough - Surinder Jetley Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Banaras Hindu University A Challenging and Inspiring Journey - Jasodhara Bagchi School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University Towards Justice - Bharati Ray Centre for Women's Studies, Calcutta University Crossing Boundary Politics - Regina Papa Centre for Women's Studies, Alagappa University Taking Wings within a University: Many Struggles, a Few Successes - Amita Verma Women's Studies Research Centre, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University From Presence to Identity - Rameshwari Varma Women's Studies Centre, Mysore University PART TWO: CASE STUDIES OF WOMEN'S STUDIES CENTRES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY Building a Service Station Brick by Brick - Devaki Jain Institute of Social Studies Trust Nurturing Links Between Scholarship and Activism - Anveshi Research Centre for Women's Studies The Story of Anveshi The Discourse Between Studies, Institutions and Critical Pedagogy - Kumud Sharma Centre for Women's Development Studies PART THREE: INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARS My Journey into Women's Studies - V S Elizabeth Full Circle - Leela Gulati Women's Studies sans Institutions Oppositional Imaginations - Uma Chakravarti Index

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