The Materials of Home: Studying Domesticity in Late Colonial India

2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 1302-1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Role Of Men

Abstract In this essay I argue for opening up South Asian historiography on the home to explore not just ideals of middle-class domesticity, but also the material goods and spaces of home lives. This helps to rethink class, as ideals of middle-class respectability were often worked out in buildings and through goods shared with lower classes, deploying caste hierarchies to articulate definitions of proper home life. At the same time, taking materials and spaces seriously allows attention to the role of men in shaping and experiencing homes, whether as designers, retailers, planners, or residents themselves. Drawing on the specific example of the iconic firm Kamdar Ltd., which created modern home interiors in mid-century Bombay, I argue that thinking through the materials of home allows attention to the global engagements of home life defined in class and caste terms, by men and women alike.

On Common Speech

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-498
Author(s):  
Sravanthi Kollu
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Indian Identity ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
The Common

Abstract The multilingual turn in literary studies emphasizes the fairly recent emergence of a monolingual attachment to language. While this rightly calls into question the academic focus on monolingual competencies and offers a substantial area of inquiry for scholars working with the linguistically diverse regions of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, this essay posits that the persistence of multilinguality among historical actors from these regions does not merit a shift away from monolingualism in contemporary scholarship. This argument derives from the claims analyzed in this essay, made by South Asian writers in colonial India, about the singularity of one's own language (swabhasha) and the writers' anxieties to protect this language from vulgar speech (gramyam). Building on contemporary work on the vernacular, the essay seeks to draw renewed attention to the role of speech in language debates in Telugu, a language whose particularity has not become a metonym either for the nation (like Hindi) or for a pan–South Indian identity (like Tamil). In tracing the movement from vulgar speech to proper language in this archive, this essay reframes vernacularity as an ethical compulsion premised on the common.

A Possession of One's Own: Women and Consumer Behavior in England, 1660–1740

1986 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Weatherill
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Family And Household ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Material Values

Hall Men are born free, how is it that all Women are born slaves? As they must be if the being subjected to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary Will of Men, be the Perfect Condition of Slavery? [Mary Astell, Reflections upon Marriage (London, 1700), p. 66]The wife ought to be subject to the husband in all things. [Hannah Woolley, The Gentlewoman's Companion or a GUIDE to the Female sex (London, 1675), p. 104]IDid men and women have different cultural and material values in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries? We know very little in detail about the activities of people within their homes and especially about their attitudes to the material goods that they used and that surrounded them. Virginia Woolf's complaint that she had no model to “turn about this way and that” in exploring the role of women in fiction applies equally to women's behavior as consumers, for we still do not know, as she put it, “what, in short, they did from eight in the morning till eight at night.” Did their particular roles within the household result in different material values, just as their biological and economic roles were different? We do know that power was unequally distributed within the household, although we can also demonstrate cooperation and affection between family members. We take it that the household was, in some sense, the woman's domain, but very often we cannot explore what this meant in practice. In short, was being “subjected to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary Will of Men” reflected in women's cultural values and tastes?These are broad questions that are not easily answered, either in theory or by observation, especially as it is not easy to identify the behavior of women as distinct from that of the family and household, but they are questions worth asking to see if there are signs of behavior different enough to warrant the view that there was a subculture in which women had the chance to express themselves and their views of the world separately, especially as the daily routines of their lives were different.

scholarly journals Nationalism, the First World War, and sites of international memory

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenda Sluga
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
World War ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The First World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
First World ◽  
Role Of Men

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to restore the history of internationalism to our understanding of the legacy of the First World War, and the role of universities in that past. It begins by emphasising the war’s twin legacy, namely, the twin principles of the peace: national self-determination and the League of Nations. Design/methodology/approach It focuses on the intersecting significance and meaning attributed to the related terms patriotism and humanity, nationalism and internationalism, during the war and after. A key focus is the memorialization of Edith Cavell, and the role of men and women in supporting a League of Nations. Findings The author finds that contrary to conventional historical opinion, internationalism was as significant as nationalism during the war and after, thanks to the influence and ideas of men and women connected through university networks. Research limitations/implications The author’s argument is based on an examination of British imperial sources in particular. Originality/value The implications of this argument are that historians need to recover the international past in histories of nationalism.

scholarly journals Narco-Culture as a distortion of gender stereotypes: An aggravating factor in the situation of violence and conflict in society

Ad-gnosis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Massiel Miranda Yanes ◽  
◽  
Shanny Valdes Salas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Role Of Men

Today, Narco-Culture has transformed many aspects in some society. One of the aspects still to be explored is linked to studies of gender stereotypes, because very little research has been done on this subject. For this reason, the main objective of this article is to explore how drug trafficking has distorted gender stereotypes, linking this viewpoint as an aggravating factor in situations of conflict and violence in society, taking Colombian society as a reference and yet it could be applied to other countries and contexts. Thus, the premise of the article is that the Narco-Culture has changed the role of men and women in society. The most significant findings show that the gender perspective provides a holistic view of the phenomenon of violence in society and can therefore help authorities to design effective public policies that break its cycle, Understanding also that society and culture have a great direct and indirect responsibility in the perpetuation of drug trafficking and all manifestations of violence.

scholarly journals Impactos psicosociales, económicos, ambientales, de género y culturales generados por el conflicto armado en la ciudad de Medellín.Psychosocial, economic, environmental, gender and cultural impacts generated for the armed conflict in Medellin.

Psicoespacios ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Joan Manuel Madrid Hincapié
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Cultural Impacts ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Rural Context ◽  
Social Work Program ◽  
Role Of Men

Psychosocial, economic, environmental, gender and cultural impacts generated for the armed conflict in Medellin.Resumen El artículo presenta resultados parciales de la pesquisa bibliográfica correspondiente al macroproyecto de investigación de la Fundación Universitaria Claretiana [UNICLARETIANA] Impactos psicosociales, económicos, ambientales, de género y culturales generados por el conflicto armado en la ciudad de Medellín; estudio adscrito a la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Religiosas, que viene siendo desarrollado con colaboración de estudiantes del programa de Trabajo Social como opción de grado. Su objetivo es identificar los impactos psicosociales, económicos, ambientales, de género y culturales generados por el conflicto armado en la ciudad de Medellín dada la reconfiguración sociopolítica de la violencia que aqueja sus comunas entre el 2008 y el 2014. Estudio de tipo descriptivo con enfoque cualitativo apoyado en procedimientos de análisis estadístico, cuyos resultados se aproximan teóricamente a los conceptos de territorio y desterritorialización, la familia, empleo, el rol del hombre y la mujer en su contexto rural. Palabras clave: Conflicto armado, impactos psicosociales, económicos, ambientales, de género y culturales. Abstract This paper presents the partial results of the corresponding bibliographic research to macroproject the Claretian Foundation University [UNICLARETIANA] psychosocial, economic, environmental, gender and cultural impacts generated by the armed conflict in Medellin; adscribed to the Humanities and Religious Sciences Faculty, which being developed with students of Social Work program as co-investigators and study degree option. It objective to identify the psychosocial, economic, environmental, gender and cultural impacts generated by the armed conflict in Medellin given the socio-political reconfiguration of the violence afflicting your communes between 2008 and 2014 a descriptive study focusing supported by qualitative statistical analysis procedures, the results of which theoretically approach the concepts of territory and deterritorialization, family, employment, the role of men and women in the rural context.   Keywords: Armed conflict, psychosocial, economic, environmental, gender and cultural impacts.

scholarly journals PERANAN PEREMPUAN PADA PENGELOLA EKOWISATA BAHARI

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayu Usia ◽  
Jardie A. Andaki ◽  
Srie J. Sondakh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Field Observation ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
Family Economy ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Marine Ecotourism ◽  
Role Of Men

AbstractThis study aims to 1). Identify forms of marine ecotourism management conducted in Bahoi Village, West Likupang District, North Minahasa District, 2). Determine the various roles of women in marine ecotourism management in Bahoi Village, West Likupang District, North Minahasa District. This research was conducted in Bahoi Village, Likupang Barat District, North Minahasa District, North Sulawesi Province. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive. The data collected in this descriptive qualitative research is data that is generally in the form of words images, and most are not numeric. The data referred to is including interview transcripts, field observation notes, documentation of photographs, and other documents. Includes a description of the situation of the research area in it (Dewi, 2015).The results of the study as follows: 1). The forms of marine ecotourism management in Bahoi Village are done well by by men and women according to their respective ability and skill specifications, namely the role of men in the supervision and care of coastal ecosystems, while women play a role in supporting activities of marine ecotourism management, 2). The role of women in the management of marine ecotourism, namely as managers of home stay, culinary tours, websites and marketing, and managers handycraft.Keywords: management, marine ecotourism, women role, family economy AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk 1). Mengidentifikasi bentuk-bentuk pengelolaan ekowisata bahari yang dilakukan di Desa Bahoi Kecamatan Likupang Barat Kabupaten Minahasa Utara, 2). menentukan berbagai peranan perempuan pada pengelola ekowisata bahari di Desa Bahoi Kecamatan Likupang Barat Kabupaten Minahasa Utara. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Desa Bahoi, Kecamatan Likupang Barat, Kabupaten Minahasa Utara, Provinsi Sulawesi Utara.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu kualitatif deskriptif. Data yang dikumpulkan dalam penelitian kualitatif deskriptif ini ialah data yang umumnya berbentuk kata-kata, gambar, dan sebagian besar bukan berbentuk angka.Data tersebut yang dimaksud adalah meliputi transkip wawancara, catatan observasi di lapangan, dokumentasi foto-foto, serta dokumen lainnya. Termasuk deskripsi mengenai situasi wilayah penelitian di dalamnya (Dewi, 2015)Ada pun hasil penilitian sebagai berikut :1). Bentuk-bentuk pengelolaan ekowisata bahari di Desa Bahoi dilakukan baik oleh laki-laki dan perempuan menurut spefisikasi kemampuan dan keterampilan masing-masing, yaitu peran laki-laki pada pengawasan dan perawatan ekosistem wilayah pesisir, sedangkan perempuan berperan pada kegiatan penunjang pengelolaan ekowisata bahari, 2). Peranan perempuan pada pengelolaan ekowisata bahari, yaitu sebagai pengelola home stay, wisata kuliner, website dan marketing, serta pengelola handycraft.Kata kunci: pengelolaan, ekowisata bahari, peran perempuan, ekonomi keluarga

scholarly journals Gender Mainstreaming in UN Peace Operations and the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 76-90
Author(s):  
Anna Naa Adochoo Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Peace Operations ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Peacekeeping Operations ◽  
Un Peacekeeping ◽  
Role Of Men ◽  
The Way

20 years after the adoption of the landmark Resolution 1325, it is important to assess the implementation of gender mainstreaming in UN peacekeeping operations and its impact on the prevention of the recruitment and use of child soldiers. How has Resolution 1325 influenced the role of men and women in the fight against recruitment and use of child soldiers? What are the challenges and the way forward? This paper will examine the effect of gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping operations on the prevention of the recruitment and use of child soldiers.

scholarly journals La violencia Masculina en la Pareja como Proceso Relacional: Un Desafío de Superación Cultural

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
Clarisa Martínez Bustamante ◽  
Rocío Ivonne Quintal López ◽  
María Amarís Macías
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Violence ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Third ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Social Destiny ◽  
Role Of Men

The present essay tries to understand the dynamics of domestic violence from the three following angles: masculinity, identity and power relationships as socio-cultural expressions. The first two are approaches to masculinity as a culture construct, its relationship with the process of culture identities and the exercise of violence against the intimate partner as a mechanism of cohesion. The third angle is based upon Bourdieu’s (2000) concept of power and domination, in dialogue with Ramirez's explanatory proposal of power relationships (2005), to finally criticize the approach of the victim / aggressor dichotomy from changes within the gender relationships where the role of men and women take new nuances. From the analysis of these components we reflect on the phenomenon of intimate violence as part of a relational process within globalization's growth, in which both men and women are capable of transcending the “social destiny” by contributing to their generic practices new meanings for its overcoming.

scholarly journals PERAN LAKI-LAKI DAN PEREMPUAN DALAM KEJADIAN 1-3 DAN IMPLIKASI TERHADAP PASTORAL DI GEREJA MASEHI INJILI DI MINAHASA JEMAAT YERUSALEM PAAL DUA MANADO

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Melissa M.F. Waturandang ◽  
Leonardo Caesar Dendeng
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Agrarian Society ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Family ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
The Church ◽  
Role Of Men

ABSTRACT   The purpose of this study is (1) analyzing the roles of men and women in Genesis 1-3, (2) identifying and analyzing the roles of men and women in the family in the Church (3) analyzing and describing the pastoral church about the role of men and women in the family of the Church. This research is a qualitative study, with a socio-historical analysis to analyze the text of Genesis 1-3, at the Evangelical Christian Church in Minahasa (GMIM) of the Jerusalem Paal Dua Church in Manado in 2018. Data is collected through interpretation, observation, interview and documentation study. From the results of the analysis and interpretation of the data obtained an indication that: (1) the roles of men and women in Genesis 1-3 are not equal, where men are still higher, according to the context in the agrarian society at that time (2) the role of men men and women in the family even though it is in the context of a networked society but still unequal, where men are still higher as in an agrarian society because the congregation still reads the Bible without knowing the context of writing (3) the Church still has not seen the role of men and women who equivalent as something important in pastoral care because it indirectly still preserves patriarchal views as in agrarian societies. From these findings it is recommended that (1) the congregation read the Bible according to the context because even though the message of the Word of God remains the same but the context and readers change (2) the church in pastoral ministry is advised to teach the congregation to read the Bible according to context, not to be constrained by the context at the time of writing The Bible but teaches the liberating Word of God and dynamic faith.

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