Laura Dudley Jenkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 833393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Dudley Jenkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura Dudley |
| FAMILY NAME | Jenkins |
| SIGNATURE | JENKINS L D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Control, alt, delete: Attaques Populistes Patriarcales Contre Les Droits Des Femmes Au Niveau International
Can Affirmative Action Survive on the World’s Campuses
Affirmative action suffered a blow in the United States at the hands of the Supreme Court, but it continues to be used to extend access to higher education elsewhere—particularly in large, diverse democracies in the global South
Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India
Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India argues that, although the right to religious freedom is enshrined in India's constitution, mass conversions to minority religions have complicated the practice of this right, which is increasingly invoked to restrict, rather than defend, the freedoms of minorities and women
Secular Anxieties and Transnational Engagements in India
True Believers? Agency And Sincerity In Representations Of "Mass Movement" Converts In 1930s India
Recent legislation against forced in several states in India is part of a longer history of people questioning the agency of religious converts. This chapter examines the representations of the conversions, which often focus on precisely these questions of agency and sincerity. Numerous written representations of lower caste converts in India demonstrate that the agency and sincerity of converts were a point of persistent concern in the 1930s, a …
Identity and Identification in India: Defining the Disadvantaged
Another "People of India" Project: Colonial and National Anthropology
In a bookstore in delhi, a salesman, apprised of my interest in lower-caste politics, handed me a tome about the officially listed Dalit, or untouchable, groups,The Scheduled Castes(Singh 1995). The first thing to strike me was the cover, a glossy photograph of a presumably Scheduled Caste woman with her back against a tall stone wall, surrounded by her four grubby kids. She is beaming. The second thing to strike me was the title of this new seri…
Competing Inequalities: The Struggle Over Reserved Legislative Seats for Women in India
Introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill was stalled in Lok Sabha on Monday amid unprecedented scenes of snatching of papers from the Speaker and the law minister and the virtual coming to blows of members [...]. As the shell shocked minister stood rooted to the spot, the member tore the papers with relish and flung them in the air provoking members from the treasury benches to storm the well. By this time, the well of the Lok Sabha looked li…
Competing Inequalities: The Struggle Over Reserved Legislative Seats for Women in India
Introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill was stalled in Lok Sabha on Monday amid unprecedented scenes of snatching of papers from the Speaker and the law minister and the virtual coming to blows of members [...]. As the shell shocked minister stood rooted to the spot, the member tore the papers with relish and flung them in the air provoking members from the treasury benches to storm the well. By this time, the well of the Lok Sabha looked li…
Another "People of India" Project: Colonial and National Anthropology
In a bookstore in delhi, a salesman, apprised of my interest in lower-caste politics, handed me a tome about the officially listed Dalit, or untouchable, groups,The Scheduled Castes(Singh 1995). The first thing to strike me was the cover, a glossy photograph of a presumably Scheduled Caste woman with her back against a tall stone wall, surrounded by her four grubby kids. She is beaming. The second thing to strike me was the title of this new seri…
Competing Inequalities: The Struggle Over Reserved Legislative Seats for Women in India
Introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill was stalled in Lok Sabha on Monday amid unprecedented scenes of snatching of papers from the Speaker and the law minister and the virtual coming to blows of members [...]. As the shell shocked minister stood rooted to the spot, the member tore the papers with relish and flung them in the air provoking members from the treasury benches to storm the well. By this time, the well of the Lok Sabha looked li…
Identity and Identification in India: Defining the Disadvantaged
Another "People of India" Project: Colonial and National Anthropology
In a bookstore in delhi, a salesman, apprised of my interest in lower-caste politics, handed me a tome about the officially listed Dalit, or untouchable, groups,The Scheduled Castes(Singh 1995). The first thing to strike me was the cover, a glossy photograph of a presumably Scheduled Caste woman with her back against a tall stone wall, surrounded by her four grubby kids. She is beaming. The second thing to strike me was the title of this new seri…
True Believers? Agency And Sincerity In Representations Of "Mass Movement" Converts In 1930s India
Recent legislation against forced in several states in India is part of a longer history of people questioning the agency of religious converts. This chapter examines the representations of the conversions, which often focus on precisely these questions of agency and sincerity. Numerous written representations of lower caste converts in India demonstrate that the agency and sincerity of converts were a point of persistent concern in the 1930s, a …
Secular Anxieties and Transnational Engagements in India
Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India
Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India argues that, although the right to religious freedom is enshrined in India's constitution, mass conversions to minority religions have complicated the practice of this right, which is increasingly invoked to restrict, rather than defend, the freedoms of minorities and women
Can Affirmative Action Survive on the World’s Campuses
Affirmative action suffered a blow in the United States at the hands of the Supreme Court, but it continues to be used to extend access to higher education elsewhere—particularly in large, diverse democracies in the global South
Control, alt, delete: Attaques Populistes Patriarcales Contre Les Droits Des Femmes Au Niveau International
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Academic Freedom and Politics (1 works) · Action (physics) (1 works)