Re-Imagining Sociology in India
This book maps the intersections between sociology and feminism in the Indian context. It retrieves the lives and work of women pioneers of and in sociology, asking crucial questions of their feminisms and their sociologies. The chapters address the experiential realities of women in the field, pedagogical issues, methodological frameworks, mentoring processes and artistic engagements with academic work. The volume’s strength lies in bringing together Indian scholars from diverse social backgrounds and regions, reflecting on the specificity of the Indian social sciences. The chapters cover a range of key areas, including sexuality, law, environment, science and medicine.
This volume will greatly interest students, teachers, researchers and practitioners of sociology, women’s studies, gender studies and feminism, politics and postcolonial studies.
Gita Chadha is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai, India. Her areas of academic interest include sociological theory, feminist science studies, sociology of knowledge, intersectional feminist epistemologies and visual cultures. She has designed and taught the first feminist science studies course in India at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She has developed frameworks for feminist archiving at the Research Centre for Women’s Studies, SNDT Women’s University, and has designed interdisciplinary pedagogic initiatives for integrating science and social science teaching.
M. T. Joseph is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai, India. His fields of interest include sociology of religion, critical religious studies, cultural anthropology, political sociology, postcolonial studies, Dalit studies and masculinities. He is also a member of the faculty at the Institute of Indian Culture, Mumbai, a postgraduate research centre in sociology and anthropology recognized by the University of Mumbai. He is connected to the tradition of anthropological research pioneered by Wilhelm Schmidt.