Exam Details
| Subject | Theories And Concepts In Women's And Gender Studies | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | P.G. Diploma in Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Department | School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Discuss the evolution of the women's movement in the West in terms of the 'three waves'. Explain the reasons for the backlash against the western women's movement in the post-1980s era.
2. Compare the struggles for suffrage in India and the West. What role has suffrage played across the globe in shaping women's movements Discuss.
3. Analyse the relationship between the 'history of peasant and working class movements' and 'peasant and working class feminism'.
4. What do you understand by the term "social construction of sexuality" Discuss with the help of the following terms 'normative', 'sexual hierarchy', 'gender transgression'
5. Do you think that science is gender-neutral Justify your response with the help of examples from the disciplines of Physics and Biology.
6. Discuss in detail Juliet Mitchell's and Jacqueline Rose's defence of the work of Jacques Lacan. Present your own perspective on the above.
7. Explain how Queer theory can be used for a revised reading of literary texts with the help of specific examples.
2. Compare the struggles for suffrage in India and the West. What role has suffrage played across the globe in shaping women's movements Discuss.
3. Analyse the relationship between the 'history of peasant and working class movements' and 'peasant and working class feminism'.
4. What do you understand by the term "social construction of sexuality" Discuss with the help of the following terms 'normative', 'sexual hierarchy', 'gender transgression'
5. Do you think that science is gender-neutral Justify your response with the help of examples from the disciplines of Physics and Biology.
6. Discuss in detail Juliet Mitchell's and Jacqueline Rose's defence of the work of Jacques Lacan. Present your own perspective on the above.
7. Explain how Queer theory can be used for a revised reading of literary texts with the help of specific examples.
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Constructing Gender Through Arts and Media
- Gender And Life Narratives
- Gender And Power
- Gendered Bodies And Sexualities
- Gendered Nation
- Postmodernism And Gender
- Research Methods
- Theories And Concepts In Women's And Gender Studies
- Women And Political Process
- Women And Social Structure
- Women In The Economy