Living the body : embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India /
Thapan, Meenakshi.
Living the body : embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India / Meenakshi Thapan. - New Delhi, IN : Sage, 2009. - 1 online resource (xxi, 190 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: An engagement with the sociology of embodiment -- Embodiment, identity and womanhood -- Cultures of adolescence -- Embodiment and womanhood in Femina -- The body in the mirror : embodiment, violence and identity -- The body as a weapon : embodiment, work and identity -- Aporiai of resistance.
This title explores embodiment and identity in the context of women's lives in an urban setting in contemporary India. The focus on embodiment is mediated by gender and class, two critical elements that constitute identity in relation to embodiment.
English.
9788132101017 (electronic bk.) 8132101014 (electronic bk.) 9788132112457 (ebook) 8132112458 (ebook)
Gender identity--India.
Human body--Social aspects--India.
Sex role--India.
Women--History.--India
Identité sexuelle--Inde.
Corps humain--Aspect social--Inde.
Rôle selon le sexe--Inde.
Femmes--Histoire.--Inde
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Gender identity.
Human body--Social aspects.
Sex role.
Women.
India.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HQ1075.5.I4 / T43 2009eb
306.4
Living the body : embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India / Meenakshi Thapan. - New Delhi, IN : Sage, 2009. - 1 online resource (xxi, 190 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: An engagement with the sociology of embodiment -- Embodiment, identity and womanhood -- Cultures of adolescence -- Embodiment and womanhood in Femina -- The body in the mirror : embodiment, violence and identity -- The body as a weapon : embodiment, work and identity -- Aporiai of resistance.
This title explores embodiment and identity in the context of women's lives in an urban setting in contemporary India. The focus on embodiment is mediated by gender and class, two critical elements that constitute identity in relation to embodiment.
English.
9788132101017 (electronic bk.) 8132101014 (electronic bk.) 9788132112457 (ebook) 8132112458 (ebook)
Gender identity--India.
Human body--Social aspects--India.
Sex role--India.
Women--History.--India
Identité sexuelle--Inde.
Corps humain--Aspect social--Inde.
Rôle selon le sexe--Inde.
Femmes--Histoire.--Inde
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Gender identity.
Human body--Social aspects.
Sex role.
Women.
India.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HQ1075.5.I4 / T43 2009eb
306.4