Zooming In: Historicizing the Religious Spaces of Women in Keralam

Introduction ................................................................................. v
1. From Workspace to Household: Formation of
Brahmanical Patriarchy in Early Medieval
Keralam ................................................................................. 1
Kavitha Sivadas
2. Mortury Rituals and Gender Rites among the
Tribes of Keralam .............................................................. 13
Manjula Poyil
3. Tracing the Rituals: A Study on the Dynamics of
Yakshi Cult in Keralam ................................................... 20
Sandhya M Unnikrishnan
4. Cast(e)ing Bodies: Jati, Rajya and Women\'s
Sexuality in Keralam ....................................................... 37
Dr. Sheeba K.M.
5. Fall Form Grace: Gender and Community
Formation among the Syrian Christians ..................... 54
Dr. Susan Thomas
6. Poison in the Will: Discourses on Muslim
Matrilineal Property in Colonial Keralam ................. 71
Manaf Kottakkunnummal
7. Embracing Sacred and Emerging Social: Inception
of Women Religious Congregations in Keralam ....... 97
Beena Paul
8. Feminity and Discourse in Sukumari ....................... 118
U.V. Shakkeela
9. Islamic Reform and Representation of Muslim
Women: A Reading of The Novel Hiyalilakath
Sainaba.............................................................................. 127
Henna Razak P.P.
10. Malauali Hindu Patriarchy: Jati and Gender .......... 135
P S Manoj Kumar