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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Gender and Society: Emerging Issues and Contemporary Debates Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Gender and Society Emerging Issues and Contemporary Debates Syllabus.pdf
Major · Sociology · Semester 6 · TY BA · 2 credits · 50 marks · 30 hours

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Syllabus for Gender and Society: Emerging Issues and Contemporary Debates

Major · Sociology · Semester 6 · TY BA · 2 credits · 50 marks · 30 hours

Module 1: Gender based Violence

  • 1 Violence against Women and Transgender person
  • 2 Caste-Based Violence
  • 3 Violence in Virtual Spaces

Module 2: Legislations — A Feminist Critique

  • 1 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005
  • 2 The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) (POSH) Act, 2013
  • 3 The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019

Text Books

  • 1 Menon, Nivedita. 2013. Seeing Like a Feminist. Zubaan: New Delhi.
  • 2 Menon, Nivedita. 2004. Recovering Subversion: Feminist Politics Beyond the Law. Permanent Black: New Delhi.
  • 3 Omvedt, G. 1990. Violence Against Women: New Movements and New Theories in India. Kali for Women: New Delhi.
  • 4 Kannabiran, K. (Ed.). The Violence of Normal Times: Essays on Women's Lived Realities. Kali for Women: New Delhi.
  • 5 Patel, V. 2002. Women’s Challenges of the New Millennium. Gyan Publishing House: New Delhi.
  • 6 CREA. 2006. Sexual Rights and Social Movements. CREA: New Delhi.
  • 7 https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/library/resource/the-transgender-persons-protection- of- rights-act-2019
  • 8 https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-transgender-persons-protection-of-rights-bill-2019 11 Journal Articles:
  • 1 Kothari, J. 2005. Criminal Law on Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits. EPW Vol XL No. 46, pp. 4843–4849.
  • 2 Patel, V. Gender in Workplace Policies: A Focus on Sexual Harassment. EPW Vol XXXIX No. 41.
  • 3 Phadke, S. 2007. Dangerous Liaisons: Women and Men — Risk and Reputation in Mumbai. EPW.
  • 4 Ingraham, C. 1994. The Heterosexual Imaginary. ASA 12(2), 203–219.
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