Gender and Education in India : A Reader

Examining the complex linkages between gender and education in the Indian context forms part of a wider matrix of inquiry related to understanding gender and its intersections with class, caste, religion and region. The sixteen essays in this Reader by eminent scholars offer critical feminist perspectives covering many issues related to these linkages, examining ideologies, structural contexts, knowledge, pedagogy and experiences through a socio-historcal lens. They point to the range of sources and methods that can be used to uncover the linkages between gender and education such as quantitative data, literature, autobiographies, oral histories and ethnography. This book is co-published with Aakar Books, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print versions of this book in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Examining the complex linkages between gender and education in the Indian context forms part of a wider matrix of inquiry related to understanding gender and its intersections with class, caste, religion and region. The sixteen essays in this Reader by eminent scholars offer critical feminist perspectives covering many issues related to these linkages, examining ideologies, structural contexts, knowledge, pedagogy and experiences through a socio-historcal lens. They point to the range of sources and methods that can be used to uncover the linkages between gender and education such as quantitative data, literature, autobiographies, oral histories and ethnography. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Cover 1 Title Page 2 Copyright Page 3 Table of Contents 4 Copyright Acknowledgements 6 Acknowledgements 8 List of Contributors 9 Introduction 12 1. Masculinity and Femininity: Ideas are Real 30 2. Growing Up Male 37 3. Through the Looking Glass: Gender Socialisation in a Primary School 41 4. Bound by Norms and Out of Bounds: Experiences of PAGFB (Persons Assigned Gender Female at Birth) Within the Formal Education System 54 5. Men, Women and the Embattled Family 68 6. Strishiksha, or Education for Women 99 7. Role Models: Educated Muslim Women—Real and Ideal 125 8. Partition and Family Strategies: Gender-Education Linkages Among Punjabi Women in Delhi 157 9. Unequal Schooling as a Factor in the Reproduction of Social Inequality in India 178 10. From Access to Attainment: Girls’ Schooling in Contemporary India 191 11. Negotiation and Compromise: Gender and Government Elementary Education 207 12. The Contested Terrain of Reproduction: Class and Gender in Schooling in India 221 13. Serving the Nation: Gender and Family Values in Military School 235 14. Chhadi Lage Chham Chham, Vidya Yeyi Gham Gham (The Harder the Stick Beats, the Faster the Flow of Knowledge): Dalit Women’s Struggle for Education 249 15. Gender and Curriculum 267 16. Education as Trutiya Ratna: Towards Phule-Ambedkarite Feminist Pedagogical Practice 276 Aakar,Books;,Gender,Socialisation;,Schools,in,India;,Dalit,Women;,Feminist,Pedagogical,Practices;,Amberkar,Phule Aakar Books,Gender Socialisation,Schools in India,Dalit Women,Feminist Pedagogical Practices,Amberkar Phule The sixteen essays in this Reader by eminent scholars offer critical feminist perspectives covering many issues related to the complex linkages between gender and education in the Indian context.