| ID | 178868 |
| Title Proper | Social Work and Political Visibility |
| Other Title Information | Activism, Education and the Disciplining of Social Service |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rook-Koepsel, Emily |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article considers social service work as a vector from which elite and middle-class Indian women claimed gendered citizenship during the 1940s and 1950s. The article highlights the ways in which these women emphasised social service work as a way to create visibility for themselves, while obscuring the labour of other women whom they claimed as clients. The article also traces the professionalisation of social work through the 1950s, a move which undermined these women’s claims to representative power and political visibility based on their social work. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 44, No.2; Apr 2021: p.329-343 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2021-04 44, 2 |
| Key Words | Partition ; Construction ; Indian Government ; Disciplin ; Political Activismre |