International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 6

Woman's Body as a Site of Control: Contextualising Construction and Cultural Explorations in India

  • Author:
  • Arvind Kumar Mishra
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 263 to 268

ICSSR Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Online published on 27 September, 2019.

Abstract

The present research paper is an attempt to explore and analyse the social construction of woman's body and how it has been made a site of control. The paper discusses the mechanism and process of this social construction and categorisation. It contextualises the cultural settings and functions.

Keywords

Woman, Body, Control, Culture, Patriarchy