Legal Frankensteins and Monstrous Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4052364 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharmila Lodhia (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 102-129 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meridians (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-6936 • E-ISSN: 1547-8424 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/mer.2009.9.2.102 |
| OpenAlex | W2039908494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 14 |
Anti-violence activism for women in India has been riddled with a unique advocacy challenge. Women experiencing violence within the home confront a widespread backlash against Penal Code section 498A, the only criminal law in India that specifically encompasses domestic violence. Analysis of this phenomenon reveals that this prohibition against marital cruelty has been drastically undermined by a level of skepticism that not only permeates societal consciousness, but more perilously, has entered judicial decision-making in these cases. In this essay I deconstruct the patriarchal narratives that undergird the judicial backlash against Section 498A, arguing that they reflect a modern incarnation of the "crisis" discourses that have characterized state responses to women's right claims. I contend that Indian patriarchies are being recast in law through the construction of gendered subjects who threaten to destabilize the sanctity of the Indian family, and who are therefore deemed undeserving of the law's protection
Backlash · Consciousness · Criminal law · Criminology · Cruelty · Domestic violence · Human rights · Incarnation · Narrative · Phenomenon · Poison control · Political science · Skepticism · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Torture · Universalism · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |