Engendering Political Labour: Findings from a Kerala Village

IF 0.3 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Anamika Ajay
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Literature on Indian politics has largely under-examined the role of the family in shaping party politics with the exception of the studies on dynasticism. There is a paucity of research that looks at the complex ways in which intimate lives and party politics are intertwined. This article contributes to the existing feminist analyses of Indian party politics by conceptualizing politics and political labour in a way that does not exclude the role of the family. It presents the case study of a village in northern Kerala, which has been witnessing heightened political conflicts to show how personal experiences and family disputes get politicized. As domestic and political spheres bleed into each other, political parties become hugely dependent on feminine ideals and women’s everyday labour, affects and sociality to survive electoral competitions. Yet, the patriarchal family and masculinized local party leadership use gender ideologies to celebrate hypermasculine political participation, undervalue women’s labour and limit their political aspirations.
产生政治劳动:喀拉拉邦一个村庄的调查结果
关于印度政治的文献在很大程度上低估了家庭在塑造政党政治中的作用,但对王朝主义的研究除外。对亲密生活和政党政治交织在一起的复杂方式的研究很少。本文通过对政治和政治劳动的概念化,在不排除家庭角色的情况下,为现有的印度政党政治的女权主义分析做出了贡献。它介绍了喀拉拉邦北部一个村庄的案例研究,该村庄见证了政治冲突的加剧,以表明个人经历和家庭纠纷是如何被政治化的。随着家庭和政治领域的相互渗透,政党在很大程度上依赖女性理想和女性的日常劳动、影响力和社会性来在选举竞争中生存。然而,父权制家庭和男性化的地方党领导层利用性别意识形态来庆祝超男性化的政治参与,低估妇女的劳动价值,并限制她们的政治抱负。
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Studies in Indian Politics
Studies in Indian Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-
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期刊介绍: SIP will publish research writings that seek to explain different aspects of Indian politics. The Journal adopts a multi-method approach and will publish articles based on primary data in the qualitative and quantitative traditions, archival research, interpretation of texts and documents, and secondary data. The Journal will cover a wide variety of sub-fields in politics, such as political ideas and thought in India, political institutions and processes, Indian democracy and politics in a comparative perspective particularly with reference to the global South and South Asia, India in world affairs, and public policies. While such a scope will make it accessible to a large number of readers, keeping India at the centre of the focus will make it target-specific.
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