Reorganisation of desire : cultural lives of young women in globalising India
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Economic and Political Weekly
Publication Date
4-2-2016
Volume
51
Issue
14
First Page
70
Last Page
78
Publisher
Sameeksha Trust
Abstract
Discussions about violence and safety dominate public discourse about women in 21st century India. In urban spaces, this discourse appears to have specific characteristics—such as the focus on young women’s occupation of globalised workplaces, their clothing, and their movements in the city. Drawing on recent research conducted in Bengaluru, this paper argues that the links between women and social transformation are being obscured by the intensified concern with safety, and suggests that redescribing women’s experience may throw up a new set of issues with which feminist scholarship might productively engage.
Print ISSN
00129976
E-ISSN
23498846
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Additional Information
Support for the research done at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society in 2012–14 was provided by the Indian Council for Social Science Research.
Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Niranjana, T. & Vasudevan, N. (2016). Reorganisation of desire: Cultural lives of young women in globalising India. Economic and Political Weekly, 51(14), 70-78.