K Kalpana
Biographic Data
| ID | 6379999 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Kalpana |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalpana |
| SIGNATURE | KALPANA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Re-making the self: Discourses of ideal Islamic womanhood in Kerala
This paper explores the discursive construction of ideal Islamic womanhood and its associated gendered subjectivities in the South Indian state of Kerala. It outlines the articulation of ideal womanhood in and through intra-community debates between the principal Muslim groups (“traditionalists” and “reformists”) in Kerala regarding the status of women in Islam. It traces the making of a discourse on the cultivation of pious modern female subject…
Good woman, bad woman: Social control and self-regulation in Kerala's artisanal fisheries
Women’s work, survival strategies and capitalist modernization in South Indian small-scale fisheries: The case of Kerala
Women’s work in fisheries in the Global South is valorized for its role in sustaining small-scale fishing in the face of complex challenges from corporate-backed industrial fishing. This paper examines how capitalist modernization of fisheries and its attendant changes have transformed the worlds of work of artisanal fisherwomen in a Latin Catholic fisher village in the South Indian state of Kerala. Using ethnographic research and qualitative met…
Economic Entitlements via Entrepreneurial Conduct? Women and Financial Inclusion in Neo-liberal India
This paper examines the gendered local character of neoliberalism at the household level by focusing on microcredit/finance programs in India. Microfinance promoted by the state as an informal activity targeting women is intended to alleviate income inequalities, even as it contributes to maintaining the world capitalist system. In India the inception of microfinance-based Self Help Groups (SHGs) or peer groups of women savers and borrowers in th…
How Pro-Poor is User-Owned Microfinance? Class, Gender and Group Dynamics in Self-Help Groups, South India
Good woman, bad woman: Social control and self-regulation in Kerala's artisanal fisheries
Women’s work, survival strategies and capitalist modernization in South Indian small-scale fisheries: The case of Kerala
Women’s work in fisheries in the Global South is valorized for its role in sustaining small-scale fishing in the face of complex challenges from corporate-backed industrial fishing. This paper examines how capitalist modernization of fisheries and its attendant changes have transformed the worlds of work of artisanal fisherwomen in a Latin Catholic fisher village in the South Indian state of Kerala. Using ethnographic research and qualitative met…
How Pro-Poor is User-Owned Microfinance? Class, Gender and Group Dynamics in Self-Help Groups, South India
Economic Entitlements via Entrepreneurial Conduct? Women and Financial Inclusion in Neo-liberal India
This paper examines the gendered local character of neoliberalism at the household level by focusing on microcredit/finance programs in India. Microfinance promoted by the state as an informal activity targeting women is intended to alleviate income inequalities, even as it contributes to maintaining the world capitalist system. In India the inception of microfinance-based Self Help Groups (SHGs) or peer groups of women savers and borrowers in th…
Women’s work, survival strategies and capitalist modernization in South Indian small-scale fisheries: The case of Kerala
Women’s work in fisheries in the Global South is valorized for its role in sustaining small-scale fishing in the face of complex challenges from corporate-backed industrial fishing. This paper examines how capitalist modernization of fisheries and its attendant changes have transformed the worlds of work of artisanal fisherwomen in a Latin Catholic fisher village in the South Indian state of Kerala. Using ethnographic research and qualitative met…
Good woman, bad woman: Social control and self-regulation in Kerala's artisanal fisheries
Re-making the self: Discourses of ideal Islamic womanhood in Kerala
This paper explores the discursive construction of ideal Islamic womanhood and its associated gendered subjectivities in the South Indian state of Kerala. It outlines the articulation of ideal womanhood in and through intra-community debates between the principal Muslim groups (“traditionalists” and “reformists”) in Kerala regarding the status of women in Islam. It traces the making of a discourse on the cultivation of pious modern female subject…
Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Fishery (2 works) · Fishing (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)