Copyright: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

"Book is a celebration of the spirit of Sharmila Rege and the wide range of interests that she had in the fields of pedagogy, history, and cultural practice'--preface.

"In the 1980s, gender was acknowledged as a useful and necessary category of analysis. The first generation of feminist scholars defined the new field and provided a rich corpus of works; later generations of scholars and activists then expanded it through their writings on culture, film and media, and sexuality.

Thinking Gender, Doing Gender focuses on these issues, as well as on pedagogy and classroom practice, theoretical obstacles created by disciplinary constraints, and practices in the performing arts from a gender perspective. This volume focuses more on doing gender rather thinking gender: In classrooms, in the making of curricula, in the writing and recall of history, in reading literature and cinema, and in the practice of culture in theatre and urban spaces."

About the Editor: Uma Chakravarti is a feminist historian who taught at Miranda House, Delhi University for over three decades. She writes on early Indian history, the 19th century and on contemporary issues. She has been associated with the women's movement and the movement for democratic rights since the early 1980s and in this capacity she has been part of many investigations into communal and caste based violence and state violence in conflict zones. Thinking Gender, Doing Gender: Feminist Scholarship and Practice Today.