| ID | 120707 |
| Title Proper | Feminist mothering? some reflections on sexuality and risk from urban India |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Phadke, Shilpa |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Post-globalisation India has seen the rise of several moral panics around questions of sexuality and safety. In this paper, I ask how women who see themselves as feminist mothers in urban India reflect on a variety of concerns, including clothing, fashion, consumption, sexualisation, sexuality education and sexual choices. I reflect on the complex ways in which young women are exercising choices around sexuality and how feminist mothers reflect on these choices in relation to questions around risk and morality. This paper represents the beginning of an inquiry into the question: what does it mean to be a feminist mother raising daughters in twenty-first-century urban India? |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 36, No.1; Mar 2013: p.92-106 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 36, No.1; Mar 2013: p.92-106 |
| Key Words | Feminism ; Mothering ; Sexuality ; Risk ; Agency |