Syllabus
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Course Code: DWS-2 Course Name: Feminist Theories and Movements |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Definition and Explanation of the Terms Feminism and Feminist; Women’s Movements in USA, U.K., France and Soviet Union; Theories of Feminism: Liberal Feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft, J.S. Mill; Radical Feminism, Simone De Beauvoir, Shulasmith Firestone |
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| 2 | Marxist Feminism, Frederick Engels, Maria Mies; Socialist Feminism, Juliet Mitchell, Iris Young; Post Modern Feminism, Psychoanalytic Feminism, Dalit Feminism |
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| 3 | Women’s Movements in India: Pre- independence Movements, Women’s Participation in the National Movements, Post Independence and Current Movements in India (Telengana Movement 1948-50, Chipko Movement 1973, Navnirman Movement 1974 |
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| 4 | Social Reformers and Thinkers in India on the Women’s Question : Bhakti Cult and Women, Jyotiba Phule and Savitri Phule, Swami Dayanand, Ishwar Chander Vidyasagar, Mahatma Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, Bhagat Phool Singh, Contemporary Women writers and Feminism in India: Shashi Deshpande, Taslima Nasreen, Kumkum Sangari, Veena Mazumdar, Neera Desai |
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| 5 | Recent Trends in Feminist Thinking, Future of Feminism, Search for Unity and Organizing for Change, Impact of Women’s Movements on Social, Cultural, Economic, Political and Legal Conditions of Women |
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