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02739aam a22003618i 4500 001 9D2A2F0AFFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210818010020 008 201012s2020 ii a b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0815351097 020 $a 9780815351092 035 $a (OCoLC)1202880980 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d ERASA $d SILO 050 00 $a HV6250.4.W65 $b S2426 2021 100 1 $a Sahu, Skylab, $e author. 245 10 $a Gender, violence and governmentality : $b legal and policy initiatives in India / $c Skylab Sahu. 264 1 $a New Delhi : $b Routledge India, $c 2020. 300 $a 1 volume : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a This book critically examines gender-based violence in India and interrogates the legal and policy discourse surrounding it. It discusses various forms of violence faced by women such as sex selective abortion, trafficking, rape, domestic violence, as well as the violence faced by female sex workers and transgenders in India. It draws on in-depth interviews and case studies to highlight the socio-economic conditions of the survivors who find themselves forced to contend with legal and policy framework that is inadequate to deal with these issues. The author analyses the major laws against violence and the policies introduced to ameliorate the condition of survivors in order to understand the potential and challenges of these initiatives from a postmodern and feminist perspective. The book also addresses the survivors' realisation of agency and resistance which is seen to be expressed both sporadically and on day-to-day basis. An important and timely contribution, this book will be indispensable to students and researchers of gender and sexuality, feminism, minority studies, sociology and social policy, politics, law, human rights and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policymakers, government agencies, think tanks and NGOs working in the area. 650 0 $a Women $x Violence against $z India. 650 0 $a Women $x Crimes against $z India. 650 0 $a Women $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z India. 650 0 $a Women $x Government policy $z India. 650 7 $a Women $x Crimes against. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176618 650 7 $a Women $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176754 650 7 $a Women $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176824 650 7 $a Women $x Violence against. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01427006 651 7 $a India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210276 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781000297799 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526013815.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D2A2F0AFFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search