Gender
Ritualizing Menstruation Blood: An Exploration of Kamakhya, the Goddess who is “Happy to Bleed”
By: NILSM KAKATI – This paper delves into the ritualization of menstrual blood within the Indic religious traditions, focusing particularly on the Tantric practices. It further investigates the depiction of Kamakhya, the esteemed Tantric site in Assam, India. The annual menstruation festival at Kamakhya, known as Ambuachi Mela, takes place in June. The “Happy to…
Tribal education in Kashmir: overcoming socio-cultural barriers to inclusive learning
By: MANSOOR AHMAD, ANEESA SHAFI – The educational remoteness of Scheduled Tribes (STs) is still a major issue in many countries, especially in India. This study provides an insightful examination of the educational disadvantage of the Scheduled Tribes in the particular setting of Kashmir, India. The study examines socio-economic, cultural and political aspects of the…
Silence and Marginalisation: Exploring Identity and Ecology in Girish Karnad’s ‘Cheluvi’
By: PRIYASHA KAUL – This article critically examines the complex negotiations of gender, class and caste identity in the Kannada film Cheluvi [Beautiful Girl] (1992), a film about a young woman’s ability to transform herself into an exotic fragrant flowering tree. It was the recipient of the ‘National Film Award for Best Film on Environment…
Change and Continuity: An Ethnographic Perspective of the Sagra Misawa Festival of the Tiwas In Assam
By: SIWANI MECH, HASHMAT HABIB – A festival is the culmination of an ethnic group’s collective way of expressing its beliefs, values, and emotions via ritual and performance. The Tiwa’s, like other ethnic groups in Assam, have made important contributions to the state’s social and cultural fabric, and they, too, observe a number of festivals…
Contextualizing Gender Dynamics: A Study of Muslim Women in Rural Haryana
By: CHAND MAHAL RUBY, ARCHANA DASSI – This paper discusses how gender dynamics shape different facets of everyday life of Muslim women of rural Haryana such as education, aspirations, work, mobility and conformity to gendered norms. It argues that socio-economic conditions forged with culturally experienced gender norms shape the unique identity of these women. Based…
Sesso, gender ed etnia: la razzializzazione della società postmoderna ovvero come cancellare le donne
Black Movement, Black Panther Party, BLM, cancel culture, Ethnicity, ethnocentrism, feminism, FtM, Gender, gender identity, LGBT+, MtF, platform capitalism, queer, racialization, trangender, wokeBy: SANDRA BUSATTA, FLAVIA BUSATTA – Platform capitalism in its own way adopts tools used at the end of the last century by powerless people to make their critical voices heard by means of boycotting as well as alternative cultural proposals, and turns gender issues into ethnic ones. It destroys class solidarity (typical of manufacturing…
Gender and Violence in a Domestic Space During COVID-19 in India: Insights from Anthropology
By: LOVEENA SEHRA, SUBAL DAS – In the last few decades, gender issues have received importance from scholars across disciplines. The literature on the pathophysiology and epidemiology of domestic violence is extensive but an increase in domestic violence has led the academicians to seek epistemological answers from society. Further, the surge in domestic violence cases…
L’accusa di stregoneria nel sistema giudiziario in Repubblica Centrafricana
accusations, accuse, African studies, Codice Penale, Colonialism, colonialismo. Central African Republic, Criminal Code, Gender, genere, processi, Repubblica Centrafricana, stregoneria, trials, WitchcraftBy: CHIARA MUSU – This article is an effort to understand today’s re-significations of the phenomenon of witchcraft, and how it is intertwined in the meshes of the social fabric of contemporary Africa, penetrating every aspect, up to the point of being used as a means of prosecution during judicial trials. Together with this, the…
Women’s Participation in the Development Program and Household Decision Making Status among the Targeting Ultra Poor (TUP) in Rural Bangladesh
By: RIPON KUMAR SARKAR, K.M. RABIUL KARIM – Growing evidence shows that the distribution of individuals’ ownership and control of assets within a household can have important implications for women’s empowerment and children’s well-being. Interventions on specific individuals can shift intra-household dynamics, yet little evidence exists from rigorous evaluation. We studied BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra…
Ciocche e trecce: la donna tra i suoi nodi
By: NADIA BERTI – This work shows the role of women’s hair in society and in history. The work was presented at the ninth edition of the festival “The violence illustrated” of Bologna, within Open (h) Air, a Paola Luciani project. Hidden under the hair’s symbol there is the image of a woman free to…
Gender Inequality as Cultural Diversity Lessons From a Field School Program in Fiji
By: SHARYN JONES, LORETTA A. CORMIER, LISA R. BAKER – We describe an anthropological and interdisciplinary field school, primary involving female undergraduates. Our field program was conducted in 2009 and 2010 on a remote island in Fijian archipelago, in the context of a patriarchal society where gender avoidance is practiced. We had two broad objectives…
Embodying difference. Health care, culture and childbearing through the experiences of Moroccan migrant women in Italy
By: IRENE CAPELLI – This article raises some questions on reproductive and maternal health among Moroccan migrant women in Italy. I will focus on women’s experiences of childbearing in the framework of their immigration processes and in relation to some ‘culturally sensitive’ measures fostered by public health services in dealing with migrant users. In doing…
Gender differences in Italian immigrants’ online interactions
By: FRANCESCA ROMANA SEGANTI – This paper analyses the impact of gender differences on online interaction dynamics. I will expose the related findings from a qualitative study about the social and cultural role of Italianialondra.com, an online community created 2003 to encourage communication among first generation Italian immigrants in London. From the analysis of the…