Knowledge Commons | Gender Studies | Activity https://hcommons.org/groups/gender-studies/ Activity feed for the group, Gender Studies. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:37:34 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 fb374a29664a3422901098a43bc33667 Ian Willis deposited Young Women Enlisted in the Land Army in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899674/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:00:01 -0400 This newspaper article explores the experiences of young women who enlisted in the Australian Women's Land Army during the Second World War in the Camden district at Orangeville. The land army was used to fill a manpower shortage in the Australian farming sector and was tasked with providing food and materials to the Allies in the Pacific…[Read more]

]]> 0 d93cc90c84bd9af77956a1b5a3c2d80c Sonia D. Andras deposited Sonia D. Andras - Negotiations En Vogue: Interwar Romanian Women as Fashion Icons Represented in American Vogue (Conference Presentation, 2023) in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897242/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 03:00:17 -0400 Presentation of the paper "Negotiations En Vogue: Interwar Romanian Women as Fashion Icons Represented in American Vogue" from 15 June 2023 at the ‪@EDERAPCE‬ Conference Titled "Romanian American Negotiations in Education, Science, Culture, and Arts/Negocierile româno-americane în educație, știință, cultură și artă" [See details: https://eder…[Read more]

]]> 0 598ddfa9109d629122738dd8738790be Gavin Herzig deposited Time Heals All Wounds: The Time Loop Beyond Groundhog Day, Disability, and Higurashi Gou and Sotsu (2020-21) in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896643/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 03:01:10 -0400 Linear time is out of joint with and oppressive to alternate bodies, minds, and lives in a plethora of ways. In recent years, critical interventions such as Alison Kafer’s crip time and Elizabeth Freeman’s chrononormativity have revealed the oppressive force of time on marginalised groups. The time loop structure inherently complicates the lin…[Read more]

]]> 0 775ce4173da5e6d69664b5b2ff7dbd95 Ian Willis deposited Red Cross ladies contributed to the war effort in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895943/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 03:00:02 -0400 This newspaper article outlines the foundation of the Red Cross in the country town of Camden, NSW, at the outbreak of World War One in August 1914. The new organisation attracted conservative women who wanted to exercise their agency and support the war effort through sewing, knitting, cooking and spinning for God, the King, and the Country. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 642158ea5d4c4ef4c76ebc51a11f6ff8 Ian Willis deposited Ministering Angels, Myth and the Red Cross on the Australian Wartime Homefront in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894807/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 03:00:29 -0400 The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 saw thousands of women across rural Australia set up local Red Cross branches. Country women sewed, knitted and cooked for God, King and Country, while they were encouraged to see themselves as ‘ministering angels’ dutifully serving ‘their boys’ and the imperial cause. Their successes meant that by 1918…[Read more]

]]> 0 516882c635965120743f0e5a7b9baabd Ian Willis deposited ‘Guardian Angels’, the Red Cross on the wartime homefront in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894762/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 03:00:50 -0400 Thousands of women rallied to the call of the wife of the Governor-General and formed Red Cross branches across Australia at the outbreak of the First World War. Women sewed, knitted and cooked for God, the King and Country and were encouraged to see themselves as ‘guardian angels’ serving ‘their boys’ and the imperial cause. Local Red Cross b…[Read more]

]]> 0 1b182c7bab8e95043aa92a2090a86fef Ian Willis deposited New South Wales Women and the Red Cross: A Noble Cause in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894469/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 03:00:23 -0400 This blog post examines the Red Cross movement in New South Wales during the First World War. The Red Cross organisation saw enthusiastic support from New South Wales women, spurred on by Lady Helen Munro Ferguson and the state's elite. The movement mobilised thousands for war support, with urban and rural branches contributing countless hours and…[Read more]

]]> 0 39ebdcd4028d662dc39d4929b588d278 Ian Willis deposited Camden Teacher Trainee Camp 1921: Insights into 1920s Teacher Training in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1893017/ Sat, 20 Jul 2024 03:00:02 -0400 This blog post examines the Camden Trainee Teacher Camps held at the Camden Showground in the early 1920s. Using a family history approach, it builds the story of the camp using a case study of one of the student teachers, Lottie Dean.
In the early 1920s, young women like Lottie Dean participated in teacher training camps in Camden, NSW. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 2060f3409b8ef2a951057e7ee560524d Ian Willis deposited Ministering Angels The Camden District Red Cross 1914-1945 in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1890596/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 03:00:03 -0400 Ministering Angels is a peer-reviewed publication that tells the story of conservative country women doing their patriotic duty in an outpost of the British Empire. From 1914, Camden district women joined local Red Cross branches and their affiliates in the towns and villages around the colonial estate of the Macarthur family at Camden Park. They…[Read more]

]]> 0 b9fdc0488a447f50b4fa5ad6c0129a4a Ian Willis deposited Nancy Phelan’s Reflections on the English Resemblance of Cobbitty, NSW in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1888401/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 03:00:37 -0400 This blog post examines Australian writer Nancy Phelan's "Some Came Early, Some Came Late" (1970) and how it explores the historical significance of the Cobbitty region in New South Wales. It focuses on the efforts of early colonial English immigrants to recreate a 'little England'. Phelan's unique perspective, influenced by her own experiences…[Read more]

]]> 0 2e40c27a22af71c564db56b23af54e77 Martine van Elk deposited Politics, Authorship, and Philosophy: Teaching Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World in the Diverse Graduate Classroom in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1886478/ Sat, 18 May 2024 03:08:13 -0400 This essay explores how Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World works differently when taught and read on its own and in combination with Cavendish’s other works. Focusing specifically on the graduate classroom, I examine and present strategies for teaching the book alongside works by other early modern women and for teaching it in a sin…[Read more]

]]> 0 579fc3431b0e6f071c78648d9b5beb17 Ian Willis deposited Garden Palace, showing the wonders of the age in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1885889/ Sat, 11 May 2024 03:01:21 -0400 This blog post discusses a massive fire at Macquarie Street, Sydney, in 1882 that destroyed the Garden Palace and its valuable contents, causing a significant loss of records and artefacts. The origin of the fire remains a mystery. The Palace was originally built for the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879.

]]> 0 7de91b09082ae63d809fdce0d81d3b52 Christopher Griffin deposited Colonial Cisnationalism: Notes on Empire and Gender in the UK’s Migration Policy in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884633/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:25:46 -0400 Since 2023, the UK government's response to the “migrant crisis” has revolved around two controversial flagship policies: the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, and the detention of migrants aboard a giant barge. In this short article, I examine the colonial and gendered dimensions of the two policies, finding them to be examples of the col…[Read more]

]]> 0 b5343fd19daf5483e7062a0a1be8b58e Pramod Ranjan deposited वह प्लटॉनिक प्रेम [Her Platonic Muse] in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884535/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:07:20 -0400 यह संस्मरण प्रमोद रंजन द्वारा लिखित है। प्रमोद रंजन ने हिमाचल प्रदेश में रहकर कई वर्षों तक पत्रकारिता की। इस संस्मरण में हिमाचल प्रदेश से प्रकाशित दैनिक समाचार पत्र 'दिव्य हिमाचल' में उनकी सहकर्मी रही प्रिया आनंद और प्रसिद्ध हिंदी लेखक कमलेश्वर के बीच प्रेम का चित्रण है।

इसमें प्रिया आनंद के प्लेटोनिक प्रेम की कहानी को विस्तार से बत…[Read more]

]]> 0 6a619d921ebc78cf24a9b0bdc9895fc3 Ian Willis deposited Public art by young women artists on display at Oran Park in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1880424/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 03:00:04 -0400 This blog post details the story of several young women artists from the Camden area who have had their artworks on public display in a program called Something to Say. The art installations were located outside the Camden Council administration building at Oran Park, NSW, from late 2023 to early 2024.

]]> 0 7c344e50770ee403c0c5376333838f79 Abby Cole deposited Book Review- Data Feminism in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1880303/ Fri, 22 Mar 2024 04:00:59 -0400 Book review of Data Feminism through a critical journalism lens.

]]> 0 c51cd9d1c1caab24a3cc7c363203340e Ian Willis deposited Public art in Hobart tells the story of female convicts in Van Diemen’s Land in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1877800/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 03:00:18 -0500 This blog post tells how public art has been used in Hobart to reveal stories of female convicts that have been hidden in the shadows for decades with art installations on the Hobart waterfront and the Cascades Female Factory.

]]> 0 404c21f6c94943ebd197f3f3f40cbb52 Ian Willis deposited The art of embroidery with Menangle artist Elaine Balla in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876008/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 03:00:02 -0500 This blog post outlines the artwork of Menangle embroidery artist Elaine Balla and the exhibition of her work at the Camden Show and Campbelltown Arts Centre. Handicrafts are an important part of women's history and the exercise of women's agency and storytelling.

]]> 0 446b1c9d3a324139aeda8392005dad8b Sonia D. Andras deposited Modă și frumusețe. Lucrări teoretice de autor in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1874549/ Sun, 04 Feb 2024 03:00:26 -0500 Contribuția mea inovativă constă în identificarea și analiza lucrărilor internaționale de modă și frumusețe, care au fost traduse în limba română. Traducătorii în limba română vor fi studiați din perspectiva temelor abordate în acest domeniu, limbilor din care au tradus, a autorilor traduși, intervalului dintre original și traducere (sincroniz…[Read more]

]]> 0 1a0c18366ab55238cf2ca9f5412312b8 Sonia D. Andras deposited Garçonne, but Make Her Flapper. Using American Femininity Models to Re-Fashion the Romanian ‘Modern Girl’ in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1869852/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:02:51 -0500 This chapter examines the reception of the American ‘flapper’ model and how it was interpreted and translated into the interwar Romanian fashion and beauty discourse, into the 1920s model termed as the ‘modern girl’, as opposed to the ‘new woman’ of the 1930s. It follows the evolution of 1920s styles, including Jazz and Hollywood cultures, J…[Read more]

]]> 0 21640e9d928d5e445fe9fd22e7e34e83 Ian Willis deposited A Christmas Gift from a Princess in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1869051/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 03:00:03 -0500 This newspaper article tells the story of a First World War patriotic fund, the Princess Mary Christmas Fund, launched in 1914. Princess Mary, the daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, aimed to raise enough funds to ensure that 'every Sailor afloat and every Soldier at the front' received a Christmas present in the form of a small keepsake…[Read more]

]]> 0 098ce23aa7e486002daad9b7dfec144e Ian Willis deposited Motherhood -built communities and the nation in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1866573/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 03:01:20 -0500 This article briefly examines the ideology of motherhood in the small country town of Camden, NSW.
Around the turn of the century in 1900, a direct link was made between infant welfare, motherhood, patriotism and nationalism. Motherhood and mothering were expressed in terms of patriotism and a national priority. All were driven by European…[Read more]

]]> 0 37ece6fdd2a6bc2fb0408096b7bdc40d Ian Willis deposited Memorial plaque to Jennifer Eggins, a founder of local tourism in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1866570/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 03:01:01 -0500 This blog post explores the story of a memorial plaque to Jennifer Eggins in Camden, NSW.
Outside John Oxley Cottage, Camden Visitor Information Centre at 46 Camden Valley Way Elderslie, is a memorial plaque with a story to tell of local identity, Jennifer Eggins, and her legacy that still echoes across the district. She was one of the founders…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d7d44d8c5f7d941c4941d7fa58563c3 Sonia D. Andras deposited Interwar Romanian Fashion and Beauty in American Vogue in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1866205/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 03:00:37 -0500 This paper explores Romanian women’s influence on US fashion as representatives of European artistic, cultural, and social elites and as genuine Parisiennes. This study treats the Parisienne model as a symbolic marker of elegance driven by French, namely Parisian, aesthetic philosophies, and technical prowess. In this sense, Romanian women f…[Read more]

]]> 0 6857ecb6bcc6252d11d236f2a37217f0 Jonathan Basile deposited The Epic of Genesis: Catherine Malabou and the gêne of Epigenetics in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1863583/ Sat, 04 Nov 2023 03:00:48 -0400 This article examines the conflicting representations of plasticity and epigenetics in the work of philosopher Catherine Malabou and evolutionary theorists Mary Jane West-Eberhard and Eva Jablonka. Malabou effaces the unsettled debates within the life sciences in order to speak of a new biological ‘paradigm’ and to attribute values of novelty or…[Read more]

]]> 0 d72cbe880429fb0ae20b7b4dca9872da Cristina León Alfar deposited Abandoning Tragedy in James Ijames Fat Ham in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862107/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:02:13 -0400 The story of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is adapted and revised by James Ijames in his play Fat Ham, which ran from 12 May to 31 July 2022 at The Public Theater, coproduced by the National Black Theatre. Ijames’s play, which won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for drama, plays with and departs from the plot of Hamlet to explore Black manhood, the fam…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ee4fc977db3f23f5e82a5b045b73555 Alvina deposited Reflections of a Non-Binary Asian American in LIS in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861363/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:00:12 -0400 Chapter: Reflections of a Non-Binary Asian American in LIS. Book description (Litwin Books & Library Juice Press): In the library profession, and in the world as a whole, the experiences of trans and gender diverse people often go unnoticed, hidden, and ignored. But we are here. Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries is entirely written and…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a859a2deb6515bce3a1deba404fcafd Ian Willis deposited Community Workers - Colin and Dorothy Clark in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1860260/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 03:00:03 -0400 This paper contributes to the history of small communities in Australia by examining the life and times of a local pharmacist and his wife in a small country town, the business they ran and their contribution to the local community. Colin and Dorothy Clark were local identities and made a significant contribution to the Camden community. Colin as…[Read more]

]]> 0 e7464a6a5050d2a66ec2d5138e85e1a2 Ellie Bennett deposited Beards as a Marker of Status during the Neo-Assyrian Period in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1859985/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 03:18:46 -0400 Beards were part of a visual matrix of expressing masculinity during the NeoAssyrian period (ca. 934–612 BCE). But masculinity does not exist in isolation and interacts with other aspects of identity. I will examine the beard as an indicator of masculine status during the Neo-Assyrian period. This will be done through investigating the visual a…[Read more]

]]> 0 991b837fac3fbfb6c6193ecb5b974eac Ellie Bennett deposited The 'Queens of the Arabs' During the Neo-Assyrian Period in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1859981/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 03:18:09 -0400 During the Neo-Assyrian period (approximately 934-612 BCE, based in modern Iraq) the annals and royal inscriptions of several kings mention women with a curious title: ‘Queen of the Arabs’. These women have been included in previous discussions regarding Assyrian interaction with the ‘Arabs’, but a full investigation into their roles as rulers…[Read more]

]]> 0 d2b69266c3a8085f9c1fe0fc57de95d8 Shannan Palma deposited God the Father: Religious and militaristic rhetoric in the construction of patriarchal traditionalist masculinities in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1858439/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:07:36 -0400 The role of the internet in fomenting male supremacist ideology must be understood within the larger cultural context that undergirds and naturalizes such rhetoric. Traditional conservative (TradCon) sections of the manosphere valorize a patriarchal social order centering traditional gender roles. According to TradCon reasoning, men, under attack…[Read more]

]]> 0 7b9e5cf7f7d770dcd798dd297453729f Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850939/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:33 -0400 ‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]

]]> 0 779e135aeed6d199aa1494092cee70f2 Rafael Neis deposited Book Preview: Rabbis & the Reproduction of Species in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850893/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 02:25:05 -0400 This is pre-publication preview introduces the major questions, methods, and insights of my book When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis & the Reproduction of Species (UC Press, 2023).

]]> 0 e974d472ff372527c367fd936baefa5e Sonia D. Andras deposited Selling Glamour: Marketing Western Women's Fashion in Interwar Bucharest in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848171/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:25:17 -0400 This paper explores the dynamics of women’s fashion marketing in advertisements and promotional materials related to Western ideas, materials or products. It will analyse published promotional visual and written texts in the interwar Bucharest press, with local or national distribution. The aim is to ascertain the degree and nature of Western w…[Read more]

]]> 0 e5f5868573ea6d8dda026bf146b4d1b8 Pragya Ranjan deposited Cave of Spleen - a feminist perspective: Status of women in early 18th century England in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848162/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:24:22 -0400 "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope published in 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative which satirically
glorifies trivial incident of cutting of locks of protagonist Belinda. This poem was written in the
Augustan Era (1660-1784) which is marked by the period of scientific reason and rationality, whose
effect can be seen on the writers of those…[Read more]

]]> 0 9be3ae29efcbb2f67df479d991fe1c93 Liz Sparg deposited Generation to Generation in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1847606/ Wed, 31 May 2023 02:25:22 -0400 This book brings together thirteen contributors from diverse backgrounds – mean and women born in Cameroon, England, Scotland, South Africa, Zambia. What they all have in common is years of service within their respective communities, working individually and within projects and programmes, with both young people and adults to build social c…[Read more]

]]> 0 d4e7bc3e6c5d58d55a98f124a2239c2d Christopher Griffin deposited Recognition Against Liberation: On the UK’s Unreformed Gender Recognition Act in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1846674/ Sat, 20 May 2023 02:23:48 -0400 In this short article I argue that the UK government’s decision not to update the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) is more than a missed opportunity. It weaponises the GRA, now an effective instrument of assimilation and containment. The failure to reform the GRA seems like a maintenance of the status quo, but given that the circumstances have s…[Read more]

]]> 0 b21ae8a9111bce87738b5d068012c11f Sonia D. Andras deposited Allo, allo, ici le Bucharest du pedigree! The nationalization of women’s fashion in interwar Bucharest (OA) in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843393/ Wed, 03 May 2023 02:27:06 -0400 The newly formed Greater Romania engaged in a process of modernization, with Bucharest as its flagship metropolis, striving to be recognized internationally and reach economic stability. Women’s fashion became a marker in substantiating Romania’s self-assertion as a modern state, with great emphasis on creating a viable textile industry. This occ…[Read more]

]]> 0 a726030dcd9951b52ea0ed8381673437 Sonia D. Andras deposited Crafting Illusions: Fashion as a Means of Decoding Social and Cultural History in Interwar Bucharest (OA) in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843389/ Wed, 03 May 2023 02:26:44 -0400 This paper examines the influence of urban fashion ideas disseminated worldwide from France and how they impacted the Romanian ideas of style and beauty, as well as the nature of the communication between Paris and the Little Paris. My aim is to decode the interwar Romanian interpretation of the new woman notion and assess what type of role…[Read more]

]]> 0 cb37c08a45dded3dbf9deb887fc4d6ba Sonia D. Andras deposited Creating City Chic. The Parisian Influence on Interwar Bucharest Fashion (OA) in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843384/ Wed, 03 May 2023 02:26:15 -0400 This paper examines the influence of urban fashion ideas disseminated worldwide from France and how they impacted the Romanian ideas of style and beauty, as well as the nature of the communication between Paris and the so-colled ”Little Paris”. My aim is to decode the interwar Romanian interpretation of the new woman notion and assess what typ…[Read more]

]]> 0 d253e292f1e2724f6ab2e9c6bbb16b2f Ian Willis deposited Making Camden History: local history and untold stories in a small community in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843225/ Tue, 02 May 2023 02:23:38 -0400 The Camden township is located 65 kilometres southwest of the Sydney CBD and, in recent years, has been absorbed by Sydney's urban growth. The main streets are a mix of Victorian, Edwardian and interwar architecture comprising commercial, government and domestic buildings. The town site was originally the entry point into what became Governor…[Read more]

]]> 0 659d305b8a708fed446f4eed87663ede Ian Willis deposited Camden War Cemetery in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843085/ Mon, 01 May 2023 02:23:39 -0400 Camden War Cemetery is located on the corner of Burragorang and Cawdor Roads, three kilometres south of the Camden Post Office. The cemetery is on a slight rise above the Nepean River floodplain, with a northerly aspect at an elevation of 75 metres. The cemetery contains the graves of 17 Royal Australian Air Force servicemen, four army personnel…[Read more]

]]> 0 f88f46fa9f36d896a9c005debf78fd0f Pramod Ranjan deposited किन्नौर में बहु-पति प्रथा : ‘मैं अपने दोनों बेटों को कहता हूं कि वे एक ही लड़की से विवाह करें’ in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1842220/ Sun, 23 Apr 2023 02:24:15 -0400 खूबसूरत प्राकृतिक दृश्यों से परिपूर्ण किन्नौर का समाज व संस्कृति शेष भारत से अलग है। यह बौद्ध धर्म का इलाका है, जिसे हिंदूवादी संस्कृति लीलती जा रही है। आर्थिक संपन्नता के आगमन से जाति-आधारित उत्पीड़न और भेदभाव कम हो रहा है। प्रमोद रंजन ने इस यात्रा संस्मरण में किन्नौर की विशिष्ट संस्कृति, बहु पत्नी प्रथा, वहां के समाज और राजनीति…[Read more]

]]> 0 3a1b0eabc072a5e4bef1048a04d4c287 Harald Pittel deposited No More Playing in the Dark: Assembly by Natasha Brown in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1841867/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 02:24:14 -0400 The pre-publication praise Natasha Brown received for her debut novel Assembly (2021) from renowned writers like Bernardine Evaristo or Ali Smith is quite remarkable. The author had been virtually unknown to the larger public before winning one of the London Writers Awards in the literary fiction category in 2019. As a young Black British woman of…[Read more]

]]> 0 52625af1f71e762fab0f99a021f7689f Ian Willis deposited The Enduring Face of the Camden Showgirl in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1837469/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 02:24:06 -0400 The Camden Miss Showgirl competition is, in many ways, an anachronism from the past. It has survived for 49 years under the onslaught of feminism, post-modernism, globalization and urbanisation. A worthy feat indeed.
The competition is still popular, and the local press is always a strong supporter. The 2010 Camden Showgirl competition attracted…[Read more]

]]> 0 3225d4c7cea14d3f545a0923916c1ee5 Sana Asif deposited Tangible Heritage and Intangible Memory: (Coping) Precarity in the Select Partition Writings by Muslim Women in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1835541/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:48:43 -0500 The partition of British India into two sovereign independent nations of India and Pakistan in 1947 was one of the most defining moments of the socio-political course of the sub-continent. The fight for independence from colonial rule and the rise of nationalism rooted in the religious discourse of two prominent religious communities- Hindus and…[Read more]

]]> 0 adc06855fa0dda66f2be7a8822126568 Paulino Capdepon deposited Articles ‘Carreño, Teresa’, ‘Colbrán, Isabella’ y ‘Viardot Garcia, Pauline’, in Lexikon Musik und Gender in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1834103/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 02:29:17 -0500 Dictionary articles in Lexicon about women musicians

]]> 0 9dd13cbc2dacf8bdd87999491f8dc198 Pramod Ranjan deposited महिषासुर: मिथक व परंपराएं in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833854/ Sat, 11 Feb 2023 02:27:28 -0500 इक्कसवीं सदी के दूसरे दशक में भारत में महिषासुर आंदोलन द्विज संस्कृति के लिए चुनौती बनकर उभरा। इसके माध्यम से आदिवासियों, पिछड़ों और दलितों के एक बड़े हिस्से ने अपनी सांस्कृतिक दावेदारी पेश की।

लेकिन यह आंदोलन क्या है, इसकी जड़ें समाज में कहां तक फैली हैं, बहुजनों की सांस्कृतिक परंपरा में इसका क्या स्थान है, मौजूदा लोक-जीवन में महिषासुर क…[Read more]

]]> 0 fcb3aa0c96788dd30799b1fbbb72ebc8 Pramod Ranjan deposited महिषासुर से संबंधित परंपराओं और आंदोलन के निहितार्थ in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833557/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:24:50 -0500 महिषासुर आंदोलन के इस कदर अचानक फैल जाने का एक बड़ा कारण था कि बहुजन समाज में इन परंपराओं की जड़ें बहुत गहरी रही हैं और इनका प्रसार उसके अवचेतन तक रहा है। इन समुदायों से आने वाले फुले, आंबेडकर, पेरियार समेत सभी चिंतकों ने असुर-संस्कृति की न सिर्फ विस्तृत गवेषणा की है, बल्कि अगर आप ध्यान से देखें तो पाएंगे कि यही उनकी वैचारिकी का प्रस्थान…[Read more]

]]> 0 433e4ffd60d8473b4538cf95f7ceb943 Pramod Ranjan deposited सोशल मीडिया, बिहार की सत्ता और निलंबन in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1832759/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 02:25:39 -0500 16 सितबर, 2011 को बिहार विधान परिषद् ने अपने दो कर्मचारियों- अरुण नारायण और मुसाफिर बैठा निलंबित कर दिया था। उन पर आरोप था कि उन्होंने परिषद् सभापति के निर्णय पर अपने एक फेसबुक पोस्ट में सवाल उठाया था। इससे पहले परिषद् ने अपने एक और कर्मचारी सैयद जावेद हुसेन को भी नौकरी से बर्खास्त कर दिया था।
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