ERIC ED421374: Curriculum on Women in Contemporary India: A Multidisciplinary and Historical Approach. Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad 1966 (India).

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Curriculum on Women in Contemporary India: A
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Multidisciplinary and Historical Approach. Fulbright-Hays
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ABSTRACT
This curriculum guide was developed to assist high school
students in understanding the role of women in modern India. The one semester
elective course uses historical texts, biographies, scholarly works, novels,
short stories, poems, and film as a means of exploring the subject matter.
The course looks at the traditional role of women in modern India over the
millennium as well as the place of women in the major religions of India.
Sections of the guide include: "Historical India: Empire and Religion";
(1)
"Women in Contemporary
"Contemporary India: The Raj to the Present";
(3)
(2)
"Women in Contemporary India." Reading materials
Indian Literature"; and (4)
include, "Careless Daughters" from "Dharma's Daughters: Contemporary Indian
Women and Hindu Culture" (Sara S. Mitter); "Wedding First, Love Later:
Arranged Marriage among the Educated Classes," from "May You Be the Mother of
a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India" (Elisabeth Bumiller);
readings from "India" (Richard Waterstone); "Great Mughal Glory (1605-1707)"
(Stanley Wolpert); and "Great Women in
from "A New History of India, 4th ed.
Buddhism" from "Great Women of India" (Swami Madhavananda, Ramesh Chandra
Majumdar, eds.).
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Women in Contemporary India:
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Cuggiculum on Women in Contempogagy India:
rl multidiciplinary and historical approach
in fulfilment of the project requirement of the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
Ron Wolfson
The Chapin School
New York City
Ron Wolfson
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Apt. 4F
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Internet: [email protected]
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Women in Contemporary India
The purpose of this one semester course is to take a mulitidisciplinary approach
to the
study of women in contemporary India. The course will use historical texts, biographies,
scholarly works, novels, short stories, poems, and film as a means of exploring the subject
matter. In order to properly understand the role of women in modern India the course will
look at the traditional role of women over the millennium as well
as the place of women in
the major religions of India.
There will be two tests and two papers for this course. The first test will
cover the
historical and religious background which is discussed during the first month of the
course. The second test will cover the time period between the British Raj and the rule of
Rajiv Gandhi. The first paper will be the analysis of a piece of literature written by
an
Indian woman or about Indian women. There will also be an oral presentation. The other
paper will be a research paper dealing with an issue concerning women in contemporary
India.
The reading assignments which are listed on the syllabus
are a guide to how a
teacher might wish to cover the course. The assigned reading listed
on this syllabus,
including the assigned novels, comes to nearly 1,000 pages. Obviously
a teacher would
need to select which reading assignments he or she feels would best suit his
or her class.
Copies of chapters from the main texts and literature are provided to give teachers
an idea
of the level and depth of some of the suggested readings.
This course is designed as an elective at an academically demanding private school.
The schedule which follows is designed to follow the calendar of
most schools of this type
with the first semester ending prior to winter break. The schedule,
as well as topics, tests,
papers, and reading assignments will need to be adapted to the needs of many different
types of schools, though the level of reading will necessarily be demanding.
Main Texts
Bumiller, Elisabeth May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the
Women of India, New York, Penguin Books, 1990.
Madhavananda, Swami and Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra, editors, Great Women of
India,
Calcutta, Ashram Advaita Publishers, 1993.
Mitter, Sara S., Dharma's Daughters, India, Penguin Books, 1992.
Wolpert, Stanley, A New History of India, 4th ed
,
Oxford, Oxford University Press,
1993.
Main Works of Literature
Deshpande, Shashi, The Intrusion and Other Stories., India, Penguin Books, 1993.
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawar, The Householder, New York, W.W. Norton, 1960.
Markandaya, Kamala, Nectar in a Seive, New York, Penguin Books, 1982.
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Women in Comtemporary India
Supplemental Texts
of Wisdom- -
Ajgaonkar, Sri. Meghshyam T., editor, Mahatama: A Golden Treasury
Thoughts and Glimpses of a Life, Hripra Publication, Mumbai, 1995.
Altekar, A.S., The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass,
1983
Bader, Clarisse, WomeniaAncientindia, Dehli, Anmol Pub., 1987.
Co-ordination
Batliwala, Srilantha, "Empowerment and Women's Autonomy" from the
for
Unit, Bangalore, World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995, the Center
Reproductive Law and Policy
Books, 1962.
Burton, Sir Richard F., ThtKamaSutranfiatasyana, London, Penguin
Pub.,
Chattopadhyay, Kamladevi, Indian Women's Battle for Freedom, Dehli, Abhinav
1983.
Fishlock, Trevor, India File, New Delhi, Rupa & Co., 1983.
Delhi, 1975.
Jain, Devaki, editor, Indian Women, Delhi, Publications Division, New
Women's Quest for Power, Vikas Pub., New Delhi, 1980.
Group, New
Jensen, Anne Furgeson, India: It's Culture and People, Longman Publishing
York, 1991.
Johnson, Donald J., Johnson, Jean E., and Clark, Leon E., ThEnughindianly&s, t.
Edition, New York, CITE Books, Apex Press, 1992.
Coercion" from
Nagaraja, Bhargavi, "Reproductive Rights: Women Against the Politics of
the Co-ordination Unit, Bangalore, World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995,
the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
Vikas Pub.,
Phadnis, Urmila and Malani, Indira, editors, Women of the World, New Delhi,
1978.
Rastogi, Veera, "Strengths and Limitations of the Laws as Pertaining to Women:
Amiocentesis and other Laws" from the Co-ordination Unit, Bangalore, World
Conference on Women, Beijing 1995, the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
from the
Sen, Gita, "Population Policies and Women's Health- -The Shifting Boundaries"
Co-ordination Unit, Bangalore, World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995, the
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
Smith, Huston, The Religions of Man, New York, Harper and Row, 1958.
Waterstone, Richard, India, Little, Brown and Company, London, 1995.
SupplemcntaLWarklnfliteraturt
Desai, Anita, Clear Light of Day, New York, Penguin Books, 1980.
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, Esmondininclia, London, Penguin Books, 1958.
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, Heat and Dust, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1975.
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Women in Comtemporary India
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Historical India: Empire and Religion
Unit I:
September
Week 1: The Harrapan and Aryans
Reading: Wolpert, "Indus Culture" (pps. 14-23)
"The Aryan Age" (pps. 24-36)
Week 2: Hinduism and Buddhism
Reading: Wolpert, "North Indian Conquest and Unification" (pps. 37-54)
Waterstone, "Renunciation" (pps. 26-39)
"The Forms of Vishnu" (pps. 46-62)
Nihshreyasananda, "Great Women in the Ramayana" from Great Women in
India (pps. 140-168)
Week 3: Buddhism and the Mauryan Empire
Reading: Dutt, "Great Women in Buddhism" from Great Women in India (pps. 253-274)
Wolpert, "India's First Imperial Unification" (pps. 55-69)
Week 4: Islam and the Muslim Invasion
Reading: Wolpert, "The Impact of Islam" (pps. 104-125)
"Great Moghul Glory" (pps. 149-167)
Mirza, "Great Muslim Women of Inda" from Great Women in India (pps.378-
394)
Test: Indian Empires and Religions
Unit II: Contemporary India:The Raj to the Present
October
Week 1: The British in India
Reading: Wolpert, "The New Moghals" (pps.201-225)
"Indian Nationalism--The First Movement" (pps. 250-264)
Mukerjee, Satswarupananda, Pillai, and Rao "Great Indian Woman of the 19th
Century" from Great Women in India (pps.395-413)
Week 2: The Age of Gandhi
Reading: Wolpert, "Toward Independence" (pps. 310-328)
"The Impact of World War Two" (pps. 329-350)
Ajgaonkar, Mahatama: A Golden Treasury of Wisdom--Thoughts and Glimpses
of a Life (selected readings)
Week 3: The Age of Indira Gandhi
Reading: Wolpert, "From Collective Leadership to Indira Gandhi" (pps. 371-406)
"From Janata Rav to Rajiv Gandhi" (pps. 407-433)
Bumiller, "'Indira is India, and India is Indira': Mrs. Gandhi and Her Legacy for
Indian Women in Politics" (pps. 147-178)
Test: The British Empire and the Gandhi Raj
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India
Women in Comtemporary
Indian Literature
Contemporary
Women in
Unit III:
stories
Week 4: Indian short
34-42)
"The Intrusion"(pps.
Reading: Deshpande,
Boredom" (pps. 61-69)
"An Antidote To
(pps. 141-146)
"The Stone Woman"
(pps. 122-132)
"The Cruelty Game"
1-8)
"The First Lady" (pps.
given on Monday
Paper assignment
novels
Week 5: Indian
The Householder
Reading: Jhabvala,
November
Week 1: Indian novels
Necter in the Sieve
Reading: Markandaya,
assignments
Presentation of paper
Week 2: Oral
Reading: None
Paper due: Monday
India
Contemporary
Women in
Unit IV:
Daughters
Week 3: Dharma's
71-80)
Prowess: Shakti" (pps.
Reading: Mitter, "Female
91-98)
"The Epic Wife" (pps.
(pps.109-122)
"Only a Female"
123-136)
Own Life" (pps.
"To Change Your
History" (pps.165-176)
"A Four-Thousand-Year-Old
Life
75-
Week 4: Village
of Khajuron" (pps.
Woman of the Village
"Beyond the Veil: The
Reading: Bumiller,
100)
boy" (pps. 20-43)
Fishlock, "Girl for ardent
Film: To be announced
December
Women in India
Week 1: Modem
(pps. 13-24)
Woman's Compartment"
Reading: Mitter, "The
25-36)
Homemaking" (pps.
"The Hazards of
Life" (pps. 55-70)
"Ingredients of Everyday
and a Housewife"
Professional Woman
Place in the Sun: A
Bumiller, "Her Own
(pps. 230-256)
Calcutta" (pps.201-229)
Three Women in
"Poets and Revolutionaries:
for Women in India
Week 2: Major Issues
Marriage Among the
Later: Arranged
"Wedding First, Love
Reading: Bumiller,
24-43)
Educated Class" (pps.
and Sati" (pps.44-74)
"Flames: A Bride Burning
(pps. 101-124)
Female Infanticide"
"No More Little Girls:
125-146)
Movement" (pps.
Indian's Women
"Towards Equality: The
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Week 3: Major Issues for Women in India
Paper due on Friday
Reading: Mitter, "Careless Daughter" (pps. 153-165)
"The Collective Venture" (pps. 137-152)
Sen, "Population Policies and Women's Health- -The Shifting Boundaries"
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