Vanaja Dhruvarajan
Biographic Data
| ID | 195535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanaja Dhruvarajan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanaja |
| FAMILY NAME | Dhruvarajan |
| SIGNATURE | DHRUVARAJAN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Winnipeg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Handbook of Indian Sociology; Urbanization in India; Sociology of Gender: The Challenge of Feminist Sociological Knowledge; The Practice of Sociology
Gender, Race, and Nation: A Global Perspective
Dhruvarajan and Vickers call into question feminism's presumed universality of gender analysis, and bring to the foreground the voices of marginalized women in Western society, and of women outside of the western world
Ethnic Cultural Retention and Transmission Among First Generation Hindu Asian Indians in a Canadian Prairie City
Data for this study were collected using a questionnaire method in Winnipeg in 1986 and analyzed using multiple regression technique. The findings are as follows: Among first generation male and female Asian Indian immigrants, those who rank high on religiosity are more likely to retain and transmit both normative and behavioural aspects of ethnic culture; in addition, those who rank low on occupational and educational hierarchy are more likely t…
The Future of Human Reproduction
Part One: Current Medical Perspectives Part Two: The Social and Political Context of Reproduction Part Three: Social Policy Questions Part Four: Looking to the Future
Allen, Katherine, R., Single Women Familyties: Life Histories of Older Women
ALLEN, Katherine, R., SINGLE WOMEN FAMILYTIES: Life Histories of Older Women." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 22(3), pp. 395–396
Hindu Women and the Power of Ideology
Preface The Village Setting The Author in the Village Pativratya: The Ideology Women's Lives within the Family Structure The Daily Life of Brahmin and Vokkaliga Women Socialization of Women Through the Life Cycle 1: Preparation for and Arrangement of Marriage Socialization of Women Through the Life Cycle 2: Married Life, Old Age, and Widowhood Parivratya and Women's Personality Pativratya and the Hindu Woman's Destiny Appendixes Selected Bibliogr…
Religious Ideology, Hindu Women, and Development in India
Development efforts in modern India have largely failed to help women because of the male‐centered religious ideology of pativratya. This ideology encourages the adoption of a submissive and dependent position by Hindu women. There is a lack of political will to transcend this ideology because the status quo is beneficial to those in positions of power and privilege. Unless women who will be the beneficiaries of change demand it, changes in relat…
Hindu Women and the Power of Ideology
Religious Ideology and Interpersonal Relationships within the Family
This paper attempts to explain how a religious ideology determines the nature of role relationships within the family. It is shown how 'Pativratya' an androcentric ideology rooted in Hinduism has gripped the minds of a people. The data for this study were collected through field research from a South Indian village. The finding is that Pativratya is built into the social structure and consequently women occupy a lower position in sexual hierarchy…
Religious Ideology and Interpersonal Relationships within the Family
This paper attempts to explain how a religious ideology determines the nature of role relationships within the family. It is shown how 'Pativratya' an androcentric ideology rooted in Hinduism has gripped the minds of a people. The data for this study were collected through field research from a South Indian village. The finding is that Pativratya is built into the social structure and consequently women occupy a lower position in sexual hierarchy…
The Future of Human Reproduction
Part One: Current Medical Perspectives Part Two: The Social and Political Context of Reproduction Part Three: Social Policy Questions Part Four: Looking to the Future
Ethnic Cultural Retention and Transmission Among First Generation Hindu Asian Indians in a Canadian Prairie City
Data for this study were collected using a questionnaire method in Winnipeg in 1986 and analyzed using multiple regression technique. The findings are as follows: Among first generation male and female Asian Indian immigrants, those who rank high on religiosity are more likely to retain and transmit both normative and behavioural aspects of ethnic culture; in addition, those who rank low on occupational and educational hierarchy are more likely t…
Religious Ideology, Hindu Women, and Development in India
Development efforts in modern India have largely failed to help women because of the male‐centered religious ideology of pativratya. This ideology encourages the adoption of a submissive and dependent position by Hindu women. There is a lack of political will to transcend this ideology because the status quo is beneficial to those in positions of power and privilege. Unless women who will be the beneficiaries of change demand it, changes in relat…
Religious Ideology and Interpersonal Relationships within the Family
This paper attempts to explain how a religious ideology determines the nature of role relationships within the family. It is shown how 'Pativratya' an androcentric ideology rooted in Hinduism has gripped the minds of a people. The data for this study were collected through field research from a South Indian village. The finding is that Pativratya is built into the social structure and consequently women occupy a lower position in sexual hierarchy…
Hindu Women and the Power of Ideology
Religious Ideology, Hindu Women, and Development in India
Development efforts in modern India have largely failed to help women because of the male‐centered religious ideology of pativratya. This ideology encourages the adoption of a submissive and dependent position by Hindu women. There is a lack of political will to transcend this ideology because the status quo is beneficial to those in positions of power and privilege. Unless women who will be the beneficiaries of change demand it, changes in relat…
Allen, Katherine, R., Single Women Familyties: Life Histories of Older Women
ALLEN, Katherine, R., SINGLE WOMEN FAMILYTIES: Life Histories of Older Women." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 22(3), pp. 395–396
Hindu Women and the Power of Ideology
Preface The Village Setting The Author in the Village Pativratya: The Ideology Women's Lives within the Family Structure The Daily Life of Brahmin and Vokkaliga Women Socialization of Women Through the Life Cycle 1: Preparation for and Arrangement of Marriage Socialization of Women Through the Life Cycle 2: Married Life, Old Age, and Widowhood Parivratya and Women's Personality Pativratya and the Hindu Woman's Destiny Appendixes Selected Bibliogr…
The Future of Human Reproduction
Part One: Current Medical Perspectives Part Two: The Social and Political Context of Reproduction Part Three: Social Policy Questions Part Four: Looking to the Future
Ethnic Cultural Retention and Transmission Among First Generation Hindu Asian Indians in a Canadian Prairie City
Data for this study were collected using a questionnaire method in Winnipeg in 1986 and analyzed using multiple regression technique. The findings are as follows: Among first generation male and female Asian Indian immigrants, those who rank high on religiosity are more likely to retain and transmit both normative and behavioural aspects of ethnic culture; in addition, those who rank low on occupational and educational hierarchy are more likely t…
Gender, Race, and Nation: A Global Perspective
Dhruvarajan and Vickers call into question feminism's presumed universality of gender analysis, and bring to the foreground the voices of marginalized women in Western society, and of women outside of the western world
Handbook of Indian Sociology; Urbanization in India; Sociology of Gender: The Challenge of Feminist Sociological Knowledge; The Practice of Sociology
Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Hinduism (4 works) · Ideology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)