Gender Studies (Part I) - St.Joseph's College, Bangalore - 1 MA English - Syllabus 2008 - 2009

1 MA English - Semester II - Gender Studies (Part I) - Syllabus 2008 - 2009

Unit I: Patriarchy in the Context of Family, Caste, Community and Nation

1. Juliet Mitchel : Women's Estate (Chapter 5)
2. Ambedkar : The Hindu Code Bill
3. Kumkum Roy : Where Women are Worshipped There the Gods Rejoice
4. Tanika Sarkar : "Aspects of Contemporary Hindutva Theology: The Voice of Sadhvi Rithambara" in Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation: Aspects of Contemporary Hindutva (2nd Test)
5. Father, Son and The Holy War : A film text by Anand Patwardhan (2nd Test)
Study Links: 1. www.patwardhan.com 2. www.hinduonnet.com 3. icarusfilms.com
6. Ranamama and Subhadra Butalia in Urvashi Butalia's The Other Side of Silence (2nd Test)

Unit II: Sexuality

1. Fire (Film Text)
2. Ruth vanita and Saleem Kidwai(Ed.) Same Sex Love in India. Reading from Literature and History (PP 31-35, 294-97) (2nd Test)

Unit III: Gender, Civil Society And The State

Section A: The Women's Movement in India

Radha Kumar : The History of Doing (Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9)

Section B: Gender Violence

1. Bandid Queen (Film Text)
2. Centrality of Sexual Violence (Chapter 3) in A Feminist Analysis of the Genocide in Gujarat
3. The Supreme Court Judgement on Sexual Harassment (1992)
4. Dowry: Some Growing Reflections "In Speaking Three, Women Speak" (3-12), (Vimochana)
5. Jaya Prabha : Chupulu (2nd Test)
6. Anupama Niranjana : The Incident and After (2nd Test)