Meera Velayudhan
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1431770 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Meera Velayudhan |
| PRENOMES | Meera |
| SOBRENOME | Velayudhan |
| ASSINATURA | VELAYUDHAN M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Research Unit on Local Self Government at the Centre for Development Studies in Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1982 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The Labour Side of the Story
Historically, in the context of Kerala, through mobilisation, electoral and mass struggles and a broad-based alliance of poor peasants, agricultural labour and workers were forged into a political constituency. This paper locates new forms of women workers’ struggles in the post-1990 context which saw a shift in the politics of labour and in the language of class and since the People’s Planning Campaign for democratic decentralisation in Kerala, …
Linking Radical Traditions and the Contemporary Dalit Women's Movement
Anti-caste movements in India have a long history. Cultural heritage became and remains a site of political contestation by excluded communities searching for identity and equality, and gender remains at the core of their engagements. The meanings underlying the more homogenous term of 'Dalit' used today are part of a historical process of self-definition. Moreover, diverse Dalit countercultures suggest varied social domains in which Dalit commun…
Contextualising Women’s Rights and Entitlements to Land
The article examines women’s rights over land as a means of empowerment and documents the varied forms of engagements to secure that right for women in Gujarat. It analyses the position of enjoyment of rights over land by women, the forms of land holdings, changing patterns of land use and the increasing alienation from land. The changes made in land laws in Gujarat since 1970s have led to large scale land acquisition of agricultural land, common…
Social Reform, Law, Gendered Identity Among an Oppressed Caste, the Ezhavas in Travancore
Undoubtedly the most widespread mass movement that Travancore witnessed, the social reform movement among Ezhavas arose in the context of the emergence of new social classes in Travancore from among non-dominant castes and communities. The Ezhava social reform movement sought to unite all sections of their caste through a common law of inheritance. As low castes struggling to assert their identity and dignity, the Ezhava social reform movement's …
Summer School in Women’s Studies in Hyderabad, India
Changing Roles and Women's Narratives
Caste, Class and Political Organisation of Women in Travancore
The Crisis and Women's Struggles in India (1970-1977)
Dialectical" Materialism and Dialectical "Materialism
Caste, Class and Political Organisation of Women in Travancore
The Labour Side of the Story
Historically, in the context of Kerala, through mobilisation, electoral and mass struggles and a broad-based alliance of poor peasants, agricultural labour and workers were forged into a political constituency. This paper locates new forms of women workers’ struggles in the post-1990 context which saw a shift in the politics of labour and in the language of class and since the People’s Planning Campaign for democratic decentralisation in Kerala, …
The Crisis and Women's Struggles in India (1970-1977)
Changing Roles and Women's Narratives
Dialectical" Materialism and Dialectical "Materialism
The Crisis and Women's Struggles in India (1970-1977)
Caste, Class and Political Organisation of Women in Travancore
Changing Roles and Women's Narratives
Summer School in Women’s Studies in Hyderabad, India
Social Reform, Law, Gendered Identity Among an Oppressed Caste, the Ezhavas in Travancore
Undoubtedly the most widespread mass movement that Travancore witnessed, the social reform movement among Ezhavas arose in the context of the emergence of new social classes in Travancore from among non-dominant castes and communities. The Ezhava social reform movement sought to unite all sections of their caste through a common law of inheritance. As low castes struggling to assert their identity and dignity, the Ezhava social reform movement's …
Contextualising Women’s Rights and Entitlements to Land
The article examines women’s rights over land as a means of empowerment and documents the varied forms of engagements to secure that right for women in Gujarat. It analyses the position of enjoyment of rights over land by women, the forms of land holdings, changing patterns of land use and the increasing alienation from land. The changes made in land laws in Gujarat since 1970s have led to large scale land acquisition of agricultural land, common…
Linking Radical Traditions and the Contemporary Dalit Women's Movement
Anti-caste movements in India have a long history. Cultural heritage became and remains a site of political contestation by excluded communities searching for identity and equality, and gender remains at the core of their engagements. The meanings underlying the more homogenous term of 'Dalit' used today are part of a historical process of self-definition. Moreover, diverse Dalit countercultures suggest varied social domains in which Dalit commun…
The Labour Side of the Story
Historically, in the context of Kerala, through mobilisation, electoral and mass struggles and a broad-based alliance of poor peasants, agricultural labour and workers were forged into a political constituency. This paper locates new forms of women workers’ struggles in the post-1990 context which saw a shift in the politics of labour and in the language of class and since the People’s Planning Campaign for democratic decentralisation in Kerala, …
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