Teaching gender studies as cultural studies

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1、Inter-AsiaCulturalStudies,Volume9,Number3,2008TeachinggenderstudiesasculturalstudiesTejaswiniNIRANJANATaylorandFrancisABSTRACTThisessayexaminesamomentofinstitutionalizationinculturalstudies,andarguesthatquestionsofgenderhaveasignificantplaceinthisinterdisciplinarydomain.Theissueisdisc

2、ussedinapedagogiccontextthathasalmostnormalizedfeminism,seeingitspoliticalcontribu-tionsasbelongingtothepast.TheessayarguesthattheconceptualconjunctureofcultureandgenderwhichhasbeencentraltofeministtheorizinginIndianeedstoberethought.Thisconjuncturearosefromthinkingaboutcultureinthefr

3、ameworkofnationalismandtheanti-colonialstruggle,andthealignmentofwomenwithnationalculture.Idiscussbrieflythetrajectoryofhowwehavegoneaboutinvestigatingtheculture-genderconjuncture,presentareformulationofwhatIthinkwe’reupagainst,andintroducesomenewresearchprojectswhicharetryingtotaketh

4、isonboard.Thefocusintheseprojectsisonthequestionoftranslation,andhowtheissueof‘regional’languagesposesachal-lengetoprevalentideasinthewomen’smovementandinfeministteaching.Thelargerpropositionisthatweneedtoformulatecurriculabasedonnewkindsofresearchifwearetotakefeminismintotheculturals

5、tudiesclassroomofthefuture.Mygenerationofscholarshasbeenpractis-earlierinstanceofsuchengagementwastheingculturalstudies,sometimesbyothersatidebateinthe1980s.Feministscholar-names,butnowweinhabitthemomentofship,especiallyinliterarystudiesandinstitutionalization,andhavetoteachhistory,ha

6、sdiscussedtheformationoftheculturalstudiesinformalsettingsthatwillfemalesubjectinIndiaoverthelastcenturyensuretheofficialcertificationofstudentsandahalf,andelaboratedhownotionsofandresearchers.Ifpedagogyisasignificantnormativefemininityandmasculinitywerenewsiteforthearticulationofthep

7、raxisofsetinplace.thisinterdisciplinarydomain,wehavetoIwouldliketosuggestthatourpresentworkoutthemodalitiesbywhichwecanmomentposesaseriesofnewquestionsto‘curricularize’whatwehavebeenworkingthearticulationofgender-cultureissueson.Inmycase,thetaskisofteachingthathasnowenteredintofeminis

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