About the Book: Education, Poverty and Gender: Schooling Muslim Girls in India
This book investigates the nature of identity formation among economically
backward adolescent Muslim girls in northern India by focusing on the
interstitial spaces of the home and school. It examines issues of religion,
patriarchy and education, to interrogate the relationship between pedagogy and
religion in South Asia.
Contents
Figures.
Tables.
Abbreviations.
Preface.
Foreword
1. Introduction
2. Identity, Self and Religion
3. Ethos as a Gendering Device
4. Articulated Discourse
5. Four Facets of Identity
6. Conclusion.
About the Author.
Bibliography.
Index
About the Author: Latika Gupta
Latika Gupta-Assistant Professor at the Central Institute of Education,
University of