Men and Feminism in India.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: men and feminism in India -- Part I Institutions -- 1 Disrupting coherence: selfreflections of a male ethnographer -- 2 Masculinity studies and feminism: othering the self, engaging theory -- 3 Men in women's studies: a case study -- 4 Doing and undoing feminism: a jurisdictional journey -- Part II Movements -- 5 ReformerMan and feminist man: the end of an era in Kerala -- 6 A feminist journey: population and health in postfeminist times -- 7 On disloyalty -- 8 Men in Feminism: LGBT and feminist entanglements over masculinity -- 9 Pursuing masculinity studies in a profeminist perspective -- Part III Writings -- 10 A curious friendship -- 11 Challenging caste, doing gender: paradoxes of male writings in North India -- 12 Feminism and the question of man: negotiating the (im)possible -- Afterword: an awkward relationship: men and feminism.
The relationship between men and feminism is frequently assumed to be antagonistic. This volume confronts this assumption by bringing critical attention to men's engagement in feminist research, pedagogy, and activism in India.