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Shefali Jha

Shefali Jha
Shefali Jha
 
PhD (Anthropology), University of Chicago, USA

Contact Details

 
079-68261709
 
# 3112, FB-3 , DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India – 382007

Specialization

Political Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Feminist Theory, Film Studies, Literary and Visual Cultures in South Asia

Publications

  • Thinking Women: A Feminist Reader. Co-edited with Navaneetha Mokkil. Kolkata: Stree-Samya, 2019.
  • 'Looking Awry: Power, Law and Family in Fiza’. Democracy, Discourse and Difference: Perspectives on Community, Politics and Culture. MT Ansari and Deeptha Achar. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2010. Pp. 416- 435.

Teaching

My graduate training is in English Literary Studies, Cultural Studies and Anthropology, and I have taught courses in Social Theory, Comparative Literature and Gender Studies. At DA-IICT I have taught the HSS Core course 'Science, Technology, Society', an elective on South Asian public culture, and graduate seminars on popular culture and research writing.  

Research

My doctoral research has to do with the politics of democracy and representation of minorities in the Deccani city of Hyderabad. My current research focuses on the participation of Muslim women in the political process. Popular culture, feminist theory and the history of feminist movements in South Asia are included in my broader research interests. I am also deeply interested in thinking about method, especially comparative approaches to ethnographic and literary narrative.

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