Exam Details

Subject Gender And Society
Paper
Exam / Course Masters In Anthropology (Maan)
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Describe the gender ideology and discuss how it influences gender stratification and identity.

Discuss the origin of the terms, femininity and masculinity, and examine the dichotomy that exists between them.

Write an essay on the position of tribal women from the perspective of subordination and discrimination.

(b)Give an outline of the psychoanalytical theories of gender with special reference to the feminist psychological thought in France.

Discuss the role of schools and media as agents of socialisation.

What do you understand by life course Examine how life course is associated with gender.

What roles does gender play in patrilineal and matrilineal societies Explain with examples.

Discuss the notion of gender in relation to motherhood and caring.

5. Write short notes on any four of the following:

Gender-education connect

Radical feminism

Sherry Ortner

Roles of peers in socialisation

Puberty and the adolescent body

Domestic labour is unpaid labour. Examine critically.

Write an essay on discrimination in work spaces situating it in the Indian context.

Discuss the origin of discrimination and prejudice based on race and gender.

Discuss the concerns of class and gender from the perspective of culture.

Discuss the role and identity of women in caste based societies.

Elucidate Freud's and Foucault's contributions to the discussion on feminism, sexuality and gender.

Write about women's participation in the Social Reform Movements of the Colonial period.

Critically discuss the role of women in movements in the post-independent era.

10. Write short notes on any four of the following:

Breadwinner model

Queer politics

Poverty and women's health

Chipko movement

Role of women in the media industry


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

  • Anthropology And Methods Of Research
  • Archaeological Anthropology
  • Comparative Ethnography
  • Environmental Anthropology
  • Gender And Society
  • Human Genetics
  • Human Growth And Development
  • Physical Anthropology
  • Practicing Anthropology
  • Social Anthropology