Overview

This edited volume brings together the works of researchers who are working on diverse contemporary themes of space and gender through qualitative narratives with a specific focus on India. Qualitative Narratives of Space and Gender is unique with respect to its methodology as every chapter relies on different qualitative approaches such as archival, empirical, observational and analysis of visual mediums to interrogate questions of space and gender through research administered in different parts of India. The chapters investigating the questions of space shed light on mental health narratives in relation to medical institutions, forests as spaces of conservation, representation of caste and linguistic identity through the medium of cinema as a space and locating caste narratives in temple inscriptions. On the other hand, the chapters exploring the questions of gender discuss ideas of masculinity in the feminist retellings of the epic Ramayana, auto-ethnographic accounts of performances in kitchen spaces and empirical findings on challenges of STEM mothers who are working in Indian academia and examining the perceptions of childfree women regarding the stigma associated with their status. In addition to addressing these two themes of space and gender through a narrative-based approach, the chapters of this volume also touch upon and discuss some of the United Nations 2030 focus on sustainable development by creating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as Good Health and Well-Being, Gender Equality and Sustainable cities and communities.

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Author:   Dr Jagriti Gangopadhyay (Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt Ltd
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic India
ISBN:  

9789361317569

ISBN 10:   9361317563
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Understanding the Narrative-based Approach Jagriti Gangopadhyay Section I: Narratives of Space 1. Sounds of Silence: Mental Health Narratives of Medical Students from Karnataka, India Melvin Mathew Thomas 2. ‘Sthanika to Brahmin’: Narratives, Institutions and Identity in Caste Mobility Shreyas Kolpe and Nikhil Govind 3. Culture, Identity, Religiosity: The Ideal Tuluva in Tulu Cinema Vishvajith Madhavamurthy and Anubhav Sengupta 4. More than Trees: Curated Forests and Unruly Narratives of Place Jayaditya Vittal and Gayathri Prabhu Section II: Narratives of Gender 5. (Re)writing ‘The Perfect Man’: Reading De-idealized Masculinities of Rama and Lakshmana in Samhita Arni’s The Missing Queen and Pervin Saket’s Urmila Aashna Viswanathan and Beniamin Klaniecki 6. Performing and Recalibrating Selves, Space and Memory in ‘Measures of Elsewhere’ Anusha Ravishankar, Carmen Wong and Nikhil Govind 7. Narratives and Reflections of Mothers in Indian STEM Academia Sre Ratha 8. Navigating Stigma: Case Studies of Childfree Women in Indian Cities Rhea Jaikumar Menon About the Editor and Contributors Index

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Jagriti Gangopadhyay is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts (MISHA), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India.

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