Persisting Patriarchy Intersectionalities, Negotiations, Subversions /

• Main Author: Abraham, Kochurani (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power
• Subjects: Feminist theology.; Gender identity-Religious aspects.; Sociology.; Feminist Theology.; Religion and Gender.; Gender Studies.

This book examines the operational dynamics of patriarchy that is deeply woven into the Indian cultural fabric and its persistence in spite of women advancing in Human Development Indices. In studying the situation of women of the Catholic Syrian Christian community of Kerala, South India, as a case...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Spatial Inscriptions of Kerala: The Historical and Sociocultural Context of Catholic Syrian Christians
• 3. Theorizing Patriarchy: An Inquiry into the Politics of Domination
• 4. Politics of Gender: The Undercurrents of Patriarchy in the Life of Catholic Syrian Christian Women
• 5. Religion and Patriarchy Gendered Inscriptions on Religious Beliefs and Practices
• 6. The Politics of Negotiating and Subverting Patriarchy
• 7. Conclusion: From Politics of Survival to Politics of Subversion.