Mothers: Beyond Maternalism

ABOUT THE BOOK Mothers are so splendiferous that no one can deny their bio-social presence. Although a mother is always a mother, but motherhood is in reality culturespecfic with respect to different social locations. Then comes the issue of particularism in the study of mothers and motherhood, and the paradigmatic differences between motherhood of the East and the West. Here again language matters as language and reality create each other. So the term matritva in Indic culture cannot easily be equated with the European construct of motherhood. The hermeneutics of motherhood in the context of Indian society should entail the 'feelings' of Indian mothers in dharmic perspective where matritva has got a divine dimension. Thus a unique socio-religious status has been bestowed on mothers in dharmic culture signifying a kind of social agency crossing the limits of usual study of motherhood. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Samita Manna, Ph.D, D.Litt. is former Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Kalyani, West Bengal. She was also former Vice- Chancellor, Sidho-Kanho-Bi rsha University, Purulia, W. B. from 2012 to 2014. Her academic career started in 1979 at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta and since 1980 she was engaged in teaching in University of Kalyani. She authored a number of books and articles. Sujit Roy, BSc (Stats), MBA, PhD is a Research Analyst and Management Consultant based in Kolkata, West Bengal. His PhD thesis was on Women Entrepreneurship. He has authored research articles and co-edited books, and has also been a columnist with public interest articles in print media, magazines and news portals. His blog: www.drsujitroy.blogspot.com Soumyajit Patra, M.A., Ph.D is Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, SKB University, Purulia, West Bengal. He was former Co-ordinator of the Centre for South Asian Studies, SKB University, West Bengal. He was a former Research Fellow of Cultural Research Institute, Kolkata. He has been actively involved in research, particularly on tribal culture and published a number of papers, and authored and co-edited a few books. CONTENTS Preface . 9 List of Contributors .13 Introduction. 15 1. Sociology of Motherhood: A Discussion from Feminist Perspective.45 Aritra Ghosh 2. Hermeneutics of ‘Matritva’: A Study on Motherhood in Indic Culture .57 Sujit Roy 3. An Exploration on Motherhood in Narratives of Ramayana .63 Anushua Roy 4. Motherhood of Kunti .73 Samita Manna 5. Decoding the Concept of ‘Mother’: Observations on Nadiara Incidence of Purulia, West Bengal .85 Soumyajit Patra 6. Diversity of Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom: An Explanatory Note on Rattle Snake (Crotalus SP).91 C. K. Manna 7. Consumerism, Gender Personality and the Reproduction of Mothering .107 Biswajit Ghosh, Kaushik Chattopadhyay 8. The Reproduction of Mothering: Portraying the Notion of Mothering as a Science .119 Soumya Narayan Datta 9. Challenges of Single Motherhood .129 Pankaj Kumar 10. Rights of Motherhood for Maintenance under the Hindu Personal Law: A Critical Analysis .143 Sadhna Gupta 11. Queering Motherhood: Beyond the Biological Interpretation .155 Reshmi Chakraborty 12. Experiencing ‘Motherhood’ and the Challenges of the Eunuchs .167 Dibakar Bera 13. Role of a Mother in Shaping the Life of a Child with Special Needs .179 Kaynat Kenukhan 14. Anxiety of Mothers about Their Children’s Education Primarily in English Medium Schools.189 Soumik Bhattacharjee, Abhra Chanda 15. Motherhood: Working Mothers’ and Grandparents’ Role in Childcare .197 Tania Upadhaya 16. Motherhood: Beyond Gender- A Study among the Birhor, Souria Paharia and Mal Paharia of Jharkhand . 205 Rimi Sarkar, Samita Manna 17. Homeless and Helpless: A Glimpse on Rohingya Mothers . 217 Suchismita Majumder 18. Motherhood: Challenges Faced by the Sex Workers.239 Atulita Banerjee 19. I am a Mother too: Motherhood among the Prostitutes of Kalighat . 249 Sajal Sammadder Index . 257 The Title 'Mothers: Beyond Maternalism written/authored/edited by Edited by:- Samita Manna, Sujit Roy, Soumyajit Patra', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9789353246198 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 270 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-