Witch hunts: culture, patriarchy, and structural transformation

Witch hunts are the result of gendered, cultural and socioeconomic struggles over acute structural, economic and social transformations in both the formation of gendered class societies and that of patriarchal capitalism. It combines political economy with gender and cultural analysis to explain the...

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Main Authors: Kelkar, Govind 1939- (Author), Nathan, Dev ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Witch hunts are the result of gendered, cultural and socioeconomic struggles over acute structural, economic and social transformations in both the formation of gendered class societies and that of patriarchal capitalism. It combines political economy with gender and cultural analysis to explain the articulation of cultural beliefs about women as causing harm, and struggles over patriarchy in periods of structural economic transformation. It brings in field data from India and South-East Asia and incorporates a large body of works on witch hunts across geographies and histories. Witch Hunts is a scholarly analysis of the human rights violation of women and its correction through changes in beliefs, knowledge practices and adaptation in structural transformation
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 272 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781108781091
DOI:10.1017/9781108490511

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