കേരളത്തിലെ തൊഴിൽ മേഖലയിലുള്ള സ്ത്രീകളുടെ ജോലി സംബന്ധമായ സ്ഥിതിയും അവയിൽ ഗാര്ഹികപരമായ ചുമതലകളുടെ സ്വാധീനവും രാജേഷ് ചർച്ച ചെയ്യുന്നു.
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Tag: gender and sexuality
Malayalam Cinema’s Other: Soft-porn and the Stardom of Shakeela
What gave rise to the ‘Shakeela wave’ and the subsequent national appeal of the Malayalam soft-porn genre? Darshana Sreedhar Mini makes a case for foregrounding this ‘parallel history’ of Malayalam cinema.
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Can Syrian Christians be Black? Racialized Discrimination in Global South Asia
Sonja Thomas delves into the rarely acknowledged racial dynamics in India, and how the complex interrelationship between caste and race have impacts not just within India, but internationally.
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Ayyappan and A History of Desire in India
How can revisiting the various age-old legends about Ayyappan nuance the debate on women’s entry to Sabarimala in contemporary Kerala? The following is an excerpt from Madhavi Menon’s book, Infinite Variety: A History of Desire in India (Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2018).
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Traditional Maternity Carers of Malabar: Caste, Religion and Knowledge
The impact of caste, religion and the changing dynamics of medicalization on eattummas–the traditional Islamic postnatal caregivers of north Malabar.[…]
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To Become a Woman: Popular Cultures of Female Impersonation in Kerala
This article discusses the need to study histories of female impersonation in popular Malayalam theatre and their role in nuancing[…]
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