Between Strategies and Contingencies

Boundaries Between Subaltern Women in Rural North India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2634945
AutoresMisako Kanno (Aoyama Gakuin University, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume28
Fascículo28
Data de publicação2022-07-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1960-6060 • E-ISSN: 1960-6060
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/samaj.7849
OpenAlexW4284899264
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas19

With the spread of the global economy and capitalism in India, the local economy has been incorporated into national and globalized markets, and disparities have rapidly expanded between those who have access to opportunities to gain economic capital and those who have experienced the loss of economic resources, and therefore become marginalized. This has also produced divisions within marginalized groups between those who have been able to bring about changes in their consumption behavior and lifestyle through welfare and development programs, and those who have been left behind, without access to such opportunities.In this study, using ethnographical data regarding women of a labor caste in Uttar Pradesh, I explore how subaltern women have been affected by the capitalist economy and how they have formed boundaries between themselves in the process of becoming involved in welfare programs. I will argue that the ‘power’ of women empowered by women’s welfare programs is not directed against the socio-political institutions that oppress them, but against those who are left behind within the welfare program. I will also argue that anthropologists need to understand the subjects of women’s empowerment in welfare programs to ensure that the existence of the left-behind is not overlooked

Geography · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subaltern · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies