TY - JOUR
T1 - Invisible Women in History and Global Studies
T2 - Reflections from an Archival Research Project
AU - Shrivastava, Meenal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - This article questions the continuing invisibility of the significant scale of the involvement of women in historical movements/moments. The focus is on Mahatma Gandhi-led Civil Disobedience movement (1930–1933), which was a historic turning point enabling the political involvement of masses of women in South Asia. Using an individual narrative, multi-archival research, and secondary literature survey, this article contends that the thriving subaltern and feminist historical traditions have had limited impact on historical ‘gender mainstreaming’. Furthermore, the paper argues that revealing the diverse nature and the substantial scale of women's involvement in social/political change is important for two reasons: firstly, it contributes to a fuller understanding of history and, secondly, because historical research is essential for contemporary policy-making. Reclaiming the role of ordinary women in disparate history writing traditions thus can be a tool to understand and counter persistent gender inequality, in South Asia and in the larger global community.
AB - This article questions the continuing invisibility of the significant scale of the involvement of women in historical movements/moments. The focus is on Mahatma Gandhi-led Civil Disobedience movement (1930–1933), which was a historic turning point enabling the political involvement of masses of women in South Asia. Using an individual narrative, multi-archival research, and secondary literature survey, this article contends that the thriving subaltern and feminist historical traditions have had limited impact on historical ‘gender mainstreaming’. Furthermore, the paper argues that revealing the diverse nature and the substantial scale of women's involvement in social/political change is important for two reasons: firstly, it contributes to a fuller understanding of history and, secondly, because historical research is essential for contemporary policy-making. Reclaiming the role of ordinary women in disparate history writing traditions thus can be a tool to understand and counter persistent gender inequality, in South Asia and in the larger global community.
KW - Indian freedom movement
KW - gendered history
KW - global history
KW - history and policy
KW - subaltern studies
KW - women's political activism
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U2 - 10.1080/14747731.2016.1158905
DO - 10.1080/14747731.2016.1158905
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961202822
SN - 1474-7731
VL - 14
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Globalizations
JF - Globalizations
IS - 1
ER -