CBCS 2nd; 4th & 6th Semester
GE Political Science Syllabus
North Bengal University
Feminism: Theory and Practice
1. Approaches to understanding
Patriarchy
(a) Feminist theorizing of the
sex/gender distinction. Biologism versus social constructivism
(b) Understanding Patriarchy and
Feminism
(c)Liberal, Socialist, Marxist,
Radical feminism, New Feminist Schools/Traditions
2. History of Feminism
(a)Origins of Feminism in the
West: France, Britain and United States of America
(b)Feminism in the Socialist
Countries: China, Cuba and erstwhile USSR
(c)Feminist issues and women’s
participation in anti-colonial and national liberation movements with special
focus on India
3. The Indian Experience
(a)Traditional Historiography and
Feminist critiques. Social Reforms Movement and position of women in India.
History of Women’s struggle in India
(b)Family in contemporary India -
patrilineal and matrilineal practices. Gender Relations in the Family, Patterns
of Consumption: Intra Household Divisions, entitlements and bargaining,
Property Rights
(c)Understanding Woman’s Work and
Labour – Sexual Division of Labour, Productive and Reproductive labour, Visible
- invisible work – Unpaid (reproductive and care),Underpaid and Paid work,-
Methods of computing women’s work , Female headed Households.
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