Witch Hunts - Culture, Patriarchy and Structural Transformation

A study of human rights violation of women and its correction through changes in beliefs, practices and adaptation in structural transformation.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Culture: 2. Culture and the epistemology of belief in witchcraft; Part II. Witch Hunts in India: 3. Witch persecutions and resistance in India; 4. Factors in witch hunts; Part III. Patriarchy: 5. The connected history of patriarchy and witch hunts; 6. Creating patriarchy; 7. Witch hunting as women hunting in early modern Europe; Part IV. Capitalist Transformations: 8. Accumulation, dispossession and persecution; 9. Witch hunts in development: policy and practice; Part V. Conclusions: 10. Articulations; 11. Policies for ending witch hunts; References; Glossary; Index.

About the author

Govind Kelkar, a feminist scholar, has worked at Delhi University; the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok; Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi; the Institute of Ethnology, Kunming, China; and also with UN-WOMEN. She was founding editor of the journal Gender, Technology and Development.Dev Nathan, an economist, is co-editor of the Cambridge University Press series Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains. He has held positions at Bombay University; the Nehru Memorial Museum Library; the Indian Institute of Advanced Study; the Institute of Ethnology, Kunming, China; and the Duke University GVC Center, USA.

Summary

This book is a unique intersectional analysis combining culture, gender struggles and structural including economic transformations, both in the formation of gendered class society, patriarchy and capitalism.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Dev Nathan, Kelkar Govind Kelkar, Kelkar Dev Nathan Govind Kelkar, Govind Kelkar, Govind Nathan Kelkar, Kelkar Govind, Dev Nathan, Nathan Dev
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781108490511
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49051-1
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Europe, Cultural Studies, Social Theory, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Africa, Sociology: customs & traditions, Violence in society, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Violence and abuse in society