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1、Inter-AsiaCulturalStudies,Volume9,Number3,2008TeachinggenderstudiesasculturalstudiesTejaswiniNIRANJANATaylorandFrancisABSTRACTThisessayexaminesamomentofinstitutionalizationinculturalstudies,andarguesthatquestionsofgenderhaveasignificantplaceinthisinterdisciplinarydomain.Theissueisdisc
2、ussedinapedagogiccontextthathasalmostnormalizedfeminism,seeingitspoliticalcontribu-tionsasbelongingtothepast.TheessayarguesthattheconceptualconjunctureofcultureandgenderwhichhasbeencentraltofeministtheorizinginIndianeedstoberethought.Thisconjuncturearosefromthinkingaboutcultureinthefr
3、ameworkofnationalismandtheanti-colonialstruggle,andthealignmentofwomenwithnationalculture.Idiscussbrieflythetrajectoryofhowwehavegoneaboutinvestigatingtheculture-genderconjuncture,presentareformulationofwhatIthinkwe’reupagainst,andintroducesomenewresearchprojectswhicharetryingtotaketh
4、isonboard.Thefocusintheseprojectsisonthequestionoftranslation,andhowtheissueof‘regional’languagesposesachal-lengetoprevalentideasinthewomen’smovementandinfeministteaching.Thelargerpropositionisthatweneedtoformulatecurriculabasedonnewkindsofresearchifwearetotakefeminismintotheculturals
5、tudiesclassroomofthefuture.Mygenerationofscholarshasbeenpractis-earlierinstanceofsuchengagementwastheingculturalstudies,sometimesbyothersatidebateinthe1980s.Feministscholar-names,butnowweinhabitthemomentofship,especiallyinliterarystudiesandinstitutionalization,andhavetoteachhistory,ha
6、sdiscussedtheformationoftheculturalstudiesinformalsettingsthatwillfemalesubjectinIndiaoverthelastcenturyensuretheofficialcertificationofstudentsandahalf,andelaboratedhownotionsofandresearchers.Ifpedagogyisasignificantnormativefemininityandmasculinitywerenewsiteforthearticulationofthep
7、raxisofsetinplace.thisinterdisciplinarydomain,wehavetoIwouldliketosuggestthatourpresentworkoutthemodalitiesbywhichwecanmomentposesaseriesofnewquestionsto‘curricularize’whatwehavebeenworkingthearticulationofgender-cultureissueson.Inmycase,thetaskisofteachingthathasnowenteredintofeminis
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