Class and gender politics in the Ramlila
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8961772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nita Kumar (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-56 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001946469202900102 |
| OpenAlex | W2004352778 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
While debating between different titles for this paper, I found myself struggling to keep 'Ramlila' out of the name. For me my paper was about serious things: gender categories and their sustenance, political domination and resistance, negotiated constitutions of rationality and decency; not, as might seem from a title 'Ramlila', about a traditional performance in dusty spaces repeating a familiar, reactionary myth. The recognition of my dilemma was followed by the realisation that there was a polemic I wished to be engaged in, with which I shall begin
Class (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African Studies and Geopolitics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2004 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |