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Title
Persisting Patriarchy : Intersectionalities, Negotiations, Subversions / by Kochurani Abraham.
ISBN
9783030214883 (electronic book)
3030214885 (electronic book)
9783030214876
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 241 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-21
Call Number
GN479.6
Dewey Decimal Classification
202.082
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
New approaches to religion and power.
1. Introduction
2. Spatial Inscriptions of Kerala: The Historical and Sociocultural Context of Catholic Syrian Christians
3. Theorizing Patriarchy: An Inquiry into the Politics of Domination
4. Politics of Gender: The Undercurrents of Patriarchy in the Life of Catholic Syrian Christian Women
5. Religion and Patriarchy Gendered Inscriptions on Religious Beliefs and Practices
6. The Politics of Negotiating and Subverting Patriarchy
7. Conclusion: From Politics of Survival to Politics of Subversion.
