Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation

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Radhika Govinda is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK and the Director of GENDER.ED - the University's interdisciplinary hub for gender and sexualities studies. Her research and teaching bridge the fields of sociology of gender, international development and South Asian Studies. She is co-editor of Doing Feminisms in the Academy, and Gender in South Asia and Beyond.

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In Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation, Radhika Govinda engages with intersectionality - as critical theory, as critical methodology and as critical pedagogy - to make sense of feminist politics in India and beyond, and knowledge-making on feminist politics, as such.

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In Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation, Radhika Govinda engages with intersectionality as critical theory, as critical methodology and as critical pedagogy to make sense of feminist politics in India and beyond, and knowledge-making on feminist politics, as such.

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Introduction: Intersectionality, Coloniality and Feminist Knowledge Cultivation: Contours and Context 1. 'Third World Woman', Feminism and Empire 2. Doing Women's and Gender Studies in Contemporary India and the UK: Interrogating Margins and Marginalisation 3. 'Mirror Mirror on the Wall...' Decolonising Feminist Classrooms: The Promise and Perils of Intersectional Pedagogy 4. Beyond Tropes: Dalit Women's Diverse Narratives of Agency and Activism from Rural North India 5. In Pursuit of 'Southern Feminism'? Intersectionality, Coloniality and NGO-led Feminist Activism in India 6. Towards a Renewal of Feminist Politics? 'Bad Girls', Everyday Sexual Harassment and Activist Campaigns in Millennial India 7. From the Rear-View Mirror of the Taxi-Driver? Masculinity, Marginality and 'Rape Culture' in Urban India 8. 'First Our Fields, Now Our Women' Questions of Honour, Patriarchy and Intersectional Politics in Delhi's Urban Villages Conclusion: Insights, Dilemmas and Hopes in Knowledge-making on Feminist Politics - A Meditation