Kalpana Karunakaran
Biographic Data
| ID | 3859297 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kalpana Karunakaran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kalpana |
| FAMILY NAME | Karunakaran |
| SIGNATURE | KARUNAKARAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3282-8876 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Challenging Stigma, Shame and the Social Control of the Menstruating Body
The year 2015 saw a series of mobilisations, primarily by young students in India, which sought to destigmatise and visibilise the menstruating body through online activism and university-based campaigns in Delhi, Kolkata and Kochi. These campaigns foregrounded sexual violence and harassment through the lens of menstruation, pointing towards the institutional apathy towards sexual violence, yet disgust towards menstrual blood. By defying menstrua…
Of spaces and freedoms, used and misused
Travail du politique et reproduction sociale des familles, de l'État et du capitalisme
Cet article propose le concept de « travail du politique » pour rendre compte du rôle actif et quotidien de nombreuses femmes de milieux populaires dans la redevabilité de l'État. Le travail du politique apparait comme une forme spécifique de travail non rémunéré, invisibilisé et féminisé car considéré comme une extension du travail domestique. Il joue pourtant un rôle majeur dans la reproduction sociale des familles, de l'État et du capitalisme …
Holding the State Accountable
The article discusses an increasingly commonplace phenomenon whereby women take on the formidable challenge of holding state actors accountable for the survival and well-being of their working class and land-poor communities. Women provide the bottom-up pressure, be it through negotiations or agitational collective action, that pushes the state to fulfils its commitment to provide water, subsidised food, essential household commodities, public tr…
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Holding the State Accountable
The article discusses an increasingly commonplace phenomenon whereby women take on the formidable challenge of holding state actors accountable for the survival and well-being of their working class and land-poor communities. Women provide the bottom-up pressure, be it through negotiations or agitational collective action, that pushes the state to fulfils its commitment to provide water, subsidised food, essential household commodities, public tr…
Of spaces and freedoms, used and misused
Travail du politique et reproduction sociale des familles, de l'État et du capitalisme
Cet article propose le concept de « travail du politique » pour rendre compte du rôle actif et quotidien de nombreuses femmes de milieux populaires dans la redevabilité de l'État. Le travail du politique apparait comme une forme spécifique de travail non rémunéré, invisibilisé et féminisé car considéré comme une extension du travail domestique. Il joue pourtant un rôle majeur dans la reproduction sociale des familles, de l'État et du capitalisme …
Challenging Stigma, Shame and the Social Control of the Menstruating Body
The year 2015 saw a series of mobilisations, primarily by young students in India, which sought to destigmatise and visibilise the menstruating body through online activism and university-based campaigns in Delhi, Kolkata and Kochi. These campaigns foregrounded sexual violence and harassment through the lens of menstruation, pointing towards the institutional apathy towards sexual violence, yet disgust towards menstrual blood. By defying menstrua…
Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2 works) · Foucault, Power, and Ethics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Collective action (1 work) · Critical Realism in Sociology (1 work) · Disgust (1 work) · Economic geography (1 work)