Gender, Patriarchy and Violence The Case of Punjab and Haryana

includes index and biblioraphy

Delivering Gender Justice: An Introspection from Legal Perspective........7 1. Gender and Patriarchy in Punjab and Haryana: Some Conceptual Issues Women in Punjab Culture: A glimpse Through Pubjabi Literature .............21 Khaps and Gender in Haryana : An interface .............33 From Critical Theorizing to Sociological Appreciation : Locating the Ishq Amidst Ijjazat, Izzat and Lok Biradari ............52 Gender, Caste and Politics in Khaps ...........67 The Violence of Green Revolution : Women, production, reproduction and Falling sex ratio in Punjab............75 Gendered Spaces and Issues of Safety in Cities ........94 2. Emerging forms of Gender Violence : A field View Gender and Ageing in Punjab and Haryan a: Some Issues ...109 Rape and its Aftermath: Lived Experiences of Victims with Indian Law .........128 Women and Agency : A story of struggle for Empowerment ........147 Education and women empowerment : A case Study of Batala .......158 Abandoned Wives of NRI husbands : A saga of Victimization .........165 Culture and Honour: Reflections from the Field ......189 Menstruation and its Cultural Connotations in Rural Haryana .............211 3. Handling Gender Violence: Policies and Statues Gender Implications of Interface between personal and Customary laws : THe meos of Mewat in Haryana ...............227 Gendercide in the womb, Law alone won`t Do .........246 Assessing land Acquisition law from Gender perspective ..........255 Legal Protection for Women aginst sexual harassment at workplace in India : An Assessment .......269 Women in Short stay homes: A study at Amritsar, Punjab ............283 4. Conclusions and Inferences Gender Question in Punjab and Haryana: Cultural Fixation ...........297