Gendered Citizenship

Understanding Gendered Violence in Democratic India

Natasha Behl (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

186 Seiten

2021
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-757690-8 (ISBN)

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It has been shown time and again that even though all citizens may be accorded equal standing in the constitution of a liberal democracy, such a legal provision hardly guarantees state protections against discrimination and political exclusion. More specifically, why do we find pervasive gender-based discrimination, exclusion, and violence in India when the Indian Constitution supports an inclusive democracy committed to gender and caste equality?

In Gendered Citizenship, Natasha Behl offers an examination of Indian citizenship that weaves together an analysis of sexual violence law with an in-depth ethnography of the Sikh community to explore the contradictory nature of Indian democracy--which gravely affects its institutions and puts its citizens at risk. Through a situated analysis of citizenship, Behl upends longstanding academic assumptions about democracy, citizenship, religion, and gender. This analysis reveals that religious spaces and practices can be sites for renegotiating democratic participation, but also uncovers how some women engage in religious community in unexpected ways to link gender equality and religious freedom as shared goals. Gendered Citizenship is a groundbreaking inquiry that explains why the promise of democratic equality remains unrealized, and identifies potential spaces and practices that can create more egalitarian relations.

Natasha Behl is Associate Professor in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University. Behl specializes in gender and politics, race and politics, democracy and citizenship, feminist and interpretive methodologies, and Indian politics. Her research is published in Feminist Formations, Space & Polity, Politics, Groups, and Identities, Journal of Narrative Politics, and Journal of Punjab Studies.

Chapter 1: Politics in Unusual Places: Understanding Gendered Citizenship and Gendered Violence
Chapter 2: Situated Citizenship: An Intersectional and Embodied Approach to Citizenship
Chapter 3: Gendered Citizenship: Secular State, Religious Community, and Gender
Chapter 4: Understanding Exclusionary Inclusion: Sikh Women, Home, and Marriage
Chapter 5: Challenging Exclusionary Inclusion: Sikh Women, Religious Community, and Devotional Acts
Chapter 6: Conclusion: Reconsidering Politics in Unusual Places
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	24.02.2021
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	231 x 152 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-19-757690-7 / 0197576907
ISBN-13	978-0-19-757690-8 / 9780197576908
Zustand	Neuware