Leena Abraham
Biographic Data
| ID | 660483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leena Abraham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leena |
| FAMILY NAME | Abraham |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAHAM L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India, written by Anthony Cerulli
Gender, Medicine and Globalisation: The Case of Women Ayurveda Physicians of Kerala, India
Women’s entry into the exclusively male-dominated field of Ayurveda in large numbers and their pursuit of a professional career as physicians, observed since the 1980s in India, are socially and historically significant events. Their overwhelming participation marks a rupture in the unchallenged control of the field by men of certain castes and families of medical lineages for centuries. In Kerala, interestingly, this has occurred when women’s ov…
Sociology of a Regional Medicine
The trajectories of the twentieth-century modernization of Ayurveda varied in different parts of India. This article, which is based on interviews with Ayurvedic practitioners from several social backgrounds and training modalities, analyzes the social dimensions of Ayurveda’s transformation in twentieth-century Kerala, South India. It argues that in the twentieth century Ayurvedic practitioners from two caste groups, Ezhavas and Brahmans, who be…
Bhai-behen , true love, time pass: Friendships and sexual partnerships among youth in an Indian metropolis
This paper discusses the heterosexual peer networks and partnerships among low-income, unmarried, college-going youth in an Indian metropolitan city. Findings derive from a study conducted in Mumbai using focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and a survey. Typologies of heterosexual peer networks identified include platonic ' bhai-behen ' ('brothersister like'), romantic 'true love', and transitory and sexual 'time pass' relationships. The…
Redrawing the Lakshman Rekha: Gender differences and cultural constructions in youth sexuality in urban India
(2001). Redrawing the Lakshman Rekha: Gender differences and cultural constructions in youth sexuality in urban India. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 24, Sexual sites, seminal attitudes: Sexualities, masculinites and culture in South Asia, pp. 133-156
Redrawing the Lakshman Rekha: Gender differences and cultural constructions in youth sexuality in urban India
(2001). Redrawing the Lakshman Rekha: Gender differences and cultural constructions in youth sexuality in urban India. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 24, Sexual sites, seminal attitudes: Sexualities, masculinites and culture in South Asia, pp. 133-156
Redrawing the Lakshman Rekha: Gender differences and cultural constructions in youth sexuality in urban India
(2001). Redrawing the Lakshman Rekha: Gender differences and cultural constructions in youth sexuality in urban India. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 24, Sexual sites, seminal attitudes: Sexualities, masculinites and culture in South Asia, pp. 133-156
Bhai-behen , true love, time pass: Friendships and sexual partnerships among youth in an Indian metropolis
This paper discusses the heterosexual peer networks and partnerships among low-income, unmarried, college-going youth in an Indian metropolitan city. Findings derive from a study conducted in Mumbai using focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and a survey. Typologies of heterosexual peer networks identified include platonic ' bhai-behen ' ('brothersister like'), romantic 'true love', and transitory and sexual 'time pass' relationships. The…
Sociology of a Regional Medicine
The trajectories of the twentieth-century modernization of Ayurveda varied in different parts of India. This article, which is based on interviews with Ayurvedic practitioners from several social backgrounds and training modalities, analyzes the social dimensions of Ayurveda’s transformation in twentieth-century Kerala, South India. It argues that in the twentieth century Ayurvedic practitioners from two caste groups, Ezhavas and Brahmans, who be…
Gender, Medicine and Globalisation: The Case of Women Ayurveda Physicians of Kerala, India
Women’s entry into the exclusively male-dominated field of Ayurveda in large numbers and their pursuit of a professional career as physicians, observed since the 1980s in India, are socially and historically significant events. Their overwhelming participation marks a rupture in the unchallenged control of the field by men of certain castes and families of medical lineages for centuries. In Kerala, interestingly, this has occurred when women’s ov…
The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India, written by Anthony Cerulli
Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works) · Caste (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)