Gender, Social Change and the Media: Perspective from Nepal

by Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt (Editor), Torsten Rodel Berg (Editor)

Overview

This informative book is critical to the discussion about gender and social change in landlocked Nepal in South Asia. It covers new ground relating to the challenges women face due to enormous changes taking place in the Nepalese society. The key themes embody a diverse number of interdisciplinary areas, such as: a historically contextualized analysis of women's rights * religion, caste, and women's status * changing cultures, migration, and change in gender relations * war, violence, and social conflict * the relationship to changes at the household level in terms of gender * education, media, governance, and democracy's relations to women's changing status in society * the arts and how this impacts women. The book is an important addition to the limited literature on social and cultural change in Nepal. With contributions by experts in the field, not only does the book provides new and challenging perspectives on women and changing gender relations with a profound focus on inequality or uneven development, but also the dynamism involved in rapid social change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788131605134
Publisher:	Rawat Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2012
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Preface vii

List of Contributors ix

Introduction Johannes Dragsbak Schmidt Torsten Rødel Berg 1

Part I Gender, Social Change and the Media

1 The Interplay between Gender, Religion and Politics, and the New Violence against Women in Nepal Enrica Garzilli 25

2 Gender and Social Change among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley (1970-2004) Gérard Toffin 89

3 Gendered Culture and Gendered Democracy: Maoist Insurgency and Implications on Women A Feminist Critique Chandra Bhadra 119

4 Democracy, Governance and Media in Nepal Lok Raj Baral 129

Part II Society, Art and Theatre

5 Women's Travel Maps: Text, Power and Space Sangita Rayamajhi 157

6 Role of Art and Rule of Politics: Dynamics of Nepali Democracy Abhi Subedi 173

7 A Doll's House: Trope of Intercultural Theatre Shiva Rijal 198

8 Statements from Theatre Practitioners Hanne Lund Jensen Sunil Pokharel Nisha Sharma 215

Index 227