Exam Details

Subject Gender And Power
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 June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

No. of Printed Pages: 2 IMWG-0021
MA IN WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
AND P.G. DIPLOMA IN WOMEN'S AND
GENDER STUDIES (MAWGS PGDWGS)

Term-End Examination
June, 2016
MWG-002 GENDER AND POWER

Time 3 Iwurs Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer any five questions.
All questions carry equal marks.

1. Define and explain sex and gender in relation to the sex/gender binary. What is your understanding of sex and gender in relation to the body?

2. "British colonialism should be understood as the employment of masculine power over the feminine." Discuss.

3. Discuss theoretical formulations of class and gender. Give examples to explain the relationship between the two.

4. Write an essay on 'Women and Nationalism'.

5. Explain Black Feminism.

Describe the nature of feminisms in third world countries.

6. Discuss marriage and family as institutions from a feminist perspective.

7. Discuss how exclusion of women's work from mainstream definitions of work affect women in India Give examples to explain your argument.

8. Write short notes any four of the following:

John Stuart Mill

Personal is Political

Sanskritisation

Weber's Conflict theory of power

CEDAW

Minority group


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  • 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