Gender and Masculinities - Histories, Texts and Practices in India and Sri Lanka (Paperback)

Gender persists as a key site of social inequality globally, and within contemporary south Asian contexts, the cultural practices which make up 'masculinities' remain vital for understanding everyday life and social relations. Yet masculinities, and their discontents, are an understudied and often misrepresented facet of gender relations and cultural dynamics. Gender and Masculinities offers a collection of chapters that seek to unravel the complex ideas, practices and concepts revolving around gender structures and masculinities in India and Sri Lanka. The contributions to this volume draw on a range of disciplines, including history, comparative literatures, religion, anthropology, and development studies to illuminate the key issues that have shaped our understanding of gender relations and masculinities over time and across a range of geographical areas. By carefully attending to historical and contemporary gender ideologies and practices in South Asia, this book provides a critical exploration of masculinities in their plurality, as shifting, culturally located and embedded in religious ideologies, power relations, the politics of nationalism, globalisation and economic struggles. The volume will attract scholars interested in history, anthropology, sociology, nationalism, colonialism, religion and kinship, and popular culture. This book was published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series
Release date:	July 2015
First published:	2014
Editors:	Assa Doron
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-95067-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
LSN:	1-138-95067-X
Barcode:	9781138950672

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