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Constituting a Field

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  • Rekha Pappu

    (Anveshi Rsearch Centre for Women's Studies, Hyderabad)

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The present paper examines the founding moment of women's studies in India, namely, the 1970s. It investigates the unique impulses that made women's studies possible, which predated the official recognition of women's studies as field of study within the university system. Institutions such as the Indian Council of Social Science Research as well as the women's movement were critical players in this complex process. The paper goes on to discuss a major lacuna in women's studies, namely, its pedagogical dimension. Indeed, the absence of information or discussion of feminist pedagogic strategies within higher education could be one of the chief hurdles currently impeding a critical assessment of the undoubtedly significant role that women's studies has played.

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  • Rekha Pappu, 2002. "Constituting a Field," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 9(2), pages 221-234, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indgen:v:9:y:2002:i:2:p:221-234
    DOI: 10.1177/097152150200900206
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    1. Neera Desai, 1995. "The Making of a Feminist," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 2(2), pages 243-253, September.
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