Ajit K Mishra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3761469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ajit K Mishra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ajit K |
| FAMILY NAME | Mishra |
| SIGNATURE | MISHRA A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4839-1699 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Networks of care
Women entering the performing arts, particularly theatre and studio spaces, in 20th-century India navigated a patriarchal and hierarchically structured sphere marked by systemic gendered exploitation. Moreover, the stigma surrounding women’s participation in public performance rendered them subjects of social disapproval and moral scrutiny. This article argues that, despite such stigma and the hierarchical power structures that characterised the …
A Flop as a Woman”
Narratives of reconstruction
Despite extensive research on Western breast cancer (BC) memoirs highlighting how shame profoundly impacts patients’ lives making them more vulnerable, Indian BC memoirs remain underexplored, especially in understanding the challenges of shame. This article examines the unique struggles of Indian female BC patients, focusing on their experiences of biographical disruption, the guilt-ridden consciousness of their altered body image, and the shame-…
Rethinking Gender and Epistemic Injustice
Breast cancer patients’ experiences of epistemic injustice in healthcare is a well-established fact. However, the significant role that gender plays in deciding the nature of epistemic injustice encountered by male and female breast cancer patients is still underexplored. Through a comparative analysis of Alan F. Herbert’s The Pink Unicorns of Male Breast Cancer (2016) and Nina Riggs’ The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying (2017), we explo…
Masking Sexuality
Changing Stories, Changing Lives
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPratyusha PramanikPratyusha Pramanik is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Humanistic Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. Her works have appeared on various online portals and indexed journals like Feminism in India, Café Dissensus, Rupkatha and others. Her areas of interest include Gender Studies, Film & Literature and Indian Writing in English. She is a T…
From the womb to the world
This article examines how celebrity moms in India are self-constructing their public persona through their pregnancy narratives. As a form of personal narrative, pregnancy narratives provide important insights into the unnarrated private world of pregnancy and its nuanced experiences. Although pregnancy and motherhood are glorified in India, it is subjected to a regime of cultural control thereby influencing women's disclosure of pregnancy behavi…
The Male Householder and the Hypermasculine Deity
The Sabarimala Temple in the South Indian state of Kerala garnered national and global attention following violent protests against the Indian Supreme Court’s verdict in September 2018, allowing the entry of women of menstruating age to the temple. By studying popular Malayalam films released over the years, this article examines how beliefs around Sabarimala are intrinsically linked to the notion of the male householder, while simultaneously mar…
Rethinking the India-Bharat Divide vis-à-vis Covid-19
Language plays an important role in the dissemination of critical health information across human societies. Taking a cue from the sociolinguistic nuances of the role of language in society, this study probes the India-Bharat divide in the COVID-19 scenario as a potential hurdle to the sense making practices necessary for successful health communication. By delving into the dichotomous linguistic relationship between India and Bharat, this study …
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Rethinking the India-Bharat Divide vis-à-vis Covid-19
Language plays an important role in the dissemination of critical health information across human societies. Taking a cue from the sociolinguistic nuances of the role of language in society, this study probes the India-Bharat divide in the COVID-19 scenario as a potential hurdle to the sense making practices necessary for successful health communication. By delving into the dichotomous linguistic relationship between India and Bharat, this study …
The Male Householder and the Hypermasculine Deity
The Sabarimala Temple in the South Indian state of Kerala garnered national and global attention following violent protests against the Indian Supreme Court’s verdict in September 2018, allowing the entry of women of menstruating age to the temple. By studying popular Malayalam films released over the years, this article examines how beliefs around Sabarimala are intrinsically linked to the notion of the male householder, while simultaneously mar…
From the womb to the world
This article examines how celebrity moms in India are self-constructing their public persona through their pregnancy narratives. As a form of personal narrative, pregnancy narratives provide important insights into the unnarrated private world of pregnancy and its nuanced experiences. Although pregnancy and motherhood are glorified in India, it is subjected to a regime of cultural control thereby influencing women's disclosure of pregnancy behavi…
Rethinking Gender and Epistemic Injustice
Breast cancer patients’ experiences of epistemic injustice in healthcare is a well-established fact. However, the significant role that gender plays in deciding the nature of epistemic injustice encountered by male and female breast cancer patients is still underexplored. Through a comparative analysis of Alan F. Herbert’s The Pink Unicorns of Male Breast Cancer (2016) and Nina Riggs’ The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying (2017), we explo…
Masking Sexuality
Changing Stories, Changing Lives
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPratyusha PramanikPratyusha Pramanik is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Humanistic Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. Her works have appeared on various online portals and indexed journals like Feminism in India, Café Dissensus, Rupkatha and others. Her areas of interest include Gender Studies, Film & Literature and Indian Writing in English. She is a T…
Networks of care
Women entering the performing arts, particularly theatre and studio spaces, in 20th-century India navigated a patriarchal and hierarchically structured sphere marked by systemic gendered exploitation. Moreover, the stigma surrounding women’s participation in public performance rendered them subjects of social disapproval and moral scrutiny. This article argues that, despite such stigma and the hierarchical power structures that characterised the …
A Flop as a Woman”
Narratives of reconstruction
Despite extensive research on Western breast cancer (BC) memoirs highlighting how shame profoundly impacts patients’ lives making them more vulnerable, Indian BC memoirs remain underexplored, especially in understanding the challenges of shame. This article examines the unique struggles of Indian female BC patients, focusing on their experiences of biographical disruption, the guilt-ridden consciousness of their altered body image, and the shame-…
Sociology (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (4 works) · History (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)