Rashmi Luthra
Biographic Data
| ID | 4587591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rashmi Luthra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rashmi |
| FAMILY NAME | Luthra |
| SIGNATURE | LUTHRA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan–Dearborn |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Clearing Sacred Ground: Women-Centered Interpretations of the Indian Epics
This article examines a few appropriations of the main women characters in the Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata , by ordinary women in their folk songs, as well as by women writers and artists in the feminist domain. The appropriations dip into already existing associations about the epic heroines, but rearticulate these to create greater space for the elaboration and positioning of postcolonial Indian feminisms. While the appropria…
Recovering Women’s Voice: Communicative Empowerment of Women of the South
This chapter argues for focusing on the communicative empowerment of “women of the South” (women living in poverty and deprivation in every region of the world) in the conviction that it is by learning from these women that alternative visions for a more just and sustainable future can be created. Through a review of literature, this chapter documents the ways in which women of the South are silenced within (a) colonial discourse, (b) news and ac…
The Women's Movement and the Press in India: The Construction of Female Foeticide as a Social Issue
This textual comparison of articles on female foeticide in the Indian English press based in Bombay, and activist literature and documentaries, found that news frames followed closely the activists' own frames of interpretation, although certain themes were amplified and others attenuated. The meshing of frames enabled a construction of the female foeticide issue that was favorable to the campaign, but it also created important absences that coul…
A Case of Problematic Diffusion: The Use of Sex Determination Techniques in India
Sex determination techniques have diffused rapidly in India, and are being used to detect female fetuses and subsequently to abort them. This technology has spread rapidly because it imparts knowledge that is of great value within the Indian context, and because it fits in neatly with the modernization dynamic within India, which itself has enmeshed with traditional patriarchal institutions to oppress Indian women. More research needs to be done …
Toward a reconceptualization of “choice”: Challenges by women at the margins
Contraceptive social marketing in the third world: A case of multiple transfer
The major research question was, "What are the social implications of transferring marketing methods and principles from a first world, commercial context, to a third world, social context?" A case study of the Family Planning Social Marketing Project of Bangladesh was done to address the question, with project documentation and interviews constituting the major sources of evidence. An interpretive-critical approach was taken. Overall, it was fou…
Toward a reconceptualization of “choice”: Challenges by women at the margins
Clearing Sacred Ground: Women-Centered Interpretations of the Indian Epics
This article examines a few appropriations of the main women characters in the Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata , by ordinary women in their folk songs, as well as by women writers and artists in the feminist domain. The appropriations dip into already existing associations about the epic heroines, but rearticulate these to create greater space for the elaboration and positioning of postcolonial Indian feminisms. While the appropria…
Recovering Women’s Voice: Communicative Empowerment of Women of the South
This chapter argues for focusing on the communicative empowerment of “women of the South” (women living in poverty and deprivation in every region of the world) in the conviction that it is by learning from these women that alternative visions for a more just and sustainable future can be created. Through a review of literature, this chapter documents the ways in which women of the South are silenced within (a) colonial discourse, (b) news and ac…
A Case of Problematic Diffusion: The Use of Sex Determination Techniques in India
Sex determination techniques have diffused rapidly in India, and are being used to detect female fetuses and subsequently to abort them. This technology has spread rapidly because it imparts knowledge that is of great value within the Indian context, and because it fits in neatly with the modernization dynamic within India, which itself has enmeshed with traditional patriarchal institutions to oppress Indian women. More research needs to be done …
Contraceptive social marketing in the third world: A case of multiple transfer
The major research question was, "What are the social implications of transferring marketing methods and principles from a first world, commercial context, to a third world, social context?" A case study of the Family Planning Social Marketing Project of Bangladesh was done to address the question, with project documentation and interviews constituting the major sources of evidence. An interpretive-critical approach was taken. Overall, it was fou…
Contraceptive social marketing in the third world: A case of multiple transfer
The major research question was, "What are the social implications of transferring marketing methods and principles from a first world, commercial context, to a third world, social context?" A case study of the Family Planning Social Marketing Project of Bangladesh was done to address the question, with project documentation and interviews constituting the major sources of evidence. An interpretive-critical approach was taken. Overall, it was fou…
Toward a reconceptualization of “choice”: Challenges by women at the margins
A Case of Problematic Diffusion: The Use of Sex Determination Techniques in India
Sex determination techniques have diffused rapidly in India, and are being used to detect female fetuses and subsequently to abort them. This technology has spread rapidly because it imparts knowledge that is of great value within the Indian context, and because it fits in neatly with the modernization dynamic within India, which itself has enmeshed with traditional patriarchal institutions to oppress Indian women. More research needs to be done …
The Women's Movement and the Press in India: The Construction of Female Foeticide as a Social Issue
This textual comparison of articles on female foeticide in the Indian English press based in Bombay, and activist literature and documentaries, found that news frames followed closely the activists' own frames of interpretation, although certain themes were amplified and others attenuated. The meshing of frames enabled a construction of the female foeticide issue that was favorable to the campaign, but it also created important absences that coul…
Recovering Women’s Voice: Communicative Empowerment of Women of the South
This chapter argues for focusing on the communicative empowerment of “women of the South” (women living in poverty and deprivation in every region of the world) in the conviction that it is by learning from these women that alternative visions for a more just and sustainable future can be created. Through a review of literature, this chapter documents the ways in which women of the South are silenced within (a) colonial discourse, (b) news and ac…
Clearing Sacred Ground: Women-Centered Interpretations of the Indian Epics
This article examines a few appropriations of the main women characters in the Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata , by ordinary women in their folk songs, as well as by women writers and artists in the feminist domain. The appropriations dip into already existing associations about the epic heroines, but rearticulate these to create greater space for the elaboration and positioning of postcolonial Indian feminisms. While the appropria…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)