Prem Chowdhry
| Prem Chowdhry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1944[1] India |
| Occupation | Academic, activist, artist |
| Nationality | Indian |
Dr Prem Chowdhry is an Indian social scientist, historian,[2] feminist,[3] Senior Academic Fellow at the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi[4] and critic of violence against couples refusing arranged marriages.[5]
She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of Haryana state in India[6] and daughter of Hardwari Lal,[7] the renown educationist and Indian National Congress member of parliament for Haryana.[8]
Professional achievements
Chowdhry is a Life Member of the Center for Women Studies.[9][10] She has also worked at the Indian Council of Social Science Research supported Centre for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi; an advanced studies unit of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library.[11]
Chowdhry is an alumna of Jawaharlal Nehru University,[12] and professorial fellow of the University Grants Commission.
Art career
Chowdhry is also a self-taught artist[13][14] whose painting are held by the National Gallery, India[15] and the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India.[16]
Works
Books
- Chowdhry, Prem (1994). The Veiled Women: Shifting Gender Equations In Rural Haryana. Oxford University Press India. ISBN 0195670388.
- Chowdhry, Prem (2000). Colonial India and the Making of Empire Cinema: Image, Ideology and Identity. Manchester University Press. p. 294. ISBN 0719057922.
- Chowdhry, Prem (2010). Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership. Sage Publications. p. 314. ISBN 8178299429.
- Chowdhry, Prem (Jul 2009). Contentious Marriages, Eloping Couples: Gender, Caste, and Patriarchy in Northern India. Oxford University Press. p. 360. ISBN 019806361X.
- Chowdhry, Prem (1984). Punjab politics: the role of Sir Chhotu Ram. Vikas/University of Michigan. p. 364. ISBN 0706924738.
- Chowdhry, Prem (2011). Political Economy of Production and Reproduction. Oxford University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9780198067702.
- Chowdhry, Prem (2011). Political Economy of Production and Reproduction. Oxford University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9780198067702.
- Chowdhry, Prem (2011). Understanding Politics And Society – Hardwari Lal. Manak publications. p. 423. ISBN 8178312271.
Papers
- Chowdhry, Prem (28 November 1987). "Socio-economic dimensions of certain customs and attitudes: women of Haryana in the colonial period". Economic and Political Weekly (Sameeksha Trust via JSTOR) 22 (48): 2060–2066. JSTOR 4377793.
- Chowdhry, Prem (1990). "Alternative to the Sati model: perceptions of a social reality in folklore". Asian Folklore Studies (Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture via JSTOR) 49 (2): 259–274. doi:10.2307/1178036.
- Chowdhry, Prem (25 December 1993). "High participation, low evaluation: women and work in rural Haryana". Economic and Political Weekly (Sameeksha Trust via JSTOR) 28 (52): A–135 – A–137 and A–140 – A–148. JSTOR 4400591.
- Chowdhry, Prem (1996). "Conjugality, law and state: inheritance rights as pivot of control in Northern India". Indo-British Review (Indo-British Historical Society, University of Michigan) 21 (1): 59–72. OCLC 193906854.
- Chowdhry, Prem (April–June 1996). "Contours of communalism: religion, caste and identity in South-East Punjab". Social Scientist (Social Scientist via JSTOR) 24 (4/6): 130–163. doi:10.2307/3517794.
- Chowdhry, Prem (24 August 1996). "Marriage, sexuality and the female 'ascetic': understanding a Hindu sect". Economic and Political Weekly (Sameeksha Trust via JSTOR) 31 (34): 2307–2321. JSTOR 4404549.
- Chowdhry, Prem (10 May 1997). "Enforcing cultural codes: gender and violence in Northern India". Economic and Political Weekly (Sameeksha Trust via JSTOR) 32 (19): 1019–1028. JSTOR 4405393.
- Chowdhry, Prem (February 2000). "Propaganda and protest: the myth of the Muslim menace in an empire film (The Drum, 1938)". Studies in History (Sage) 16 (1): 109–130. doi:10.1177/025764300001600105.
- Chowdhry, Prem (January–July 2001). "Lustful women, elusive lovers identifying males as objects of female desire". Indian Journal of Gender Studies (Sage) 8 (1): 23–50. doi:10.1177/097152150100800102.
- Chowdhry, Prem (3 December 2005). "Crisis of masculinity in Haryana: the unmarried, the unemployed and the aged". Economic and Political Weekly (Sameeksha Trust via JSTOR) 40 (49): 5189–5198. JSTOR 4417491.
- Chowdhry, Prem (31 July 2010). "Women in the army". Economic and Political Weekly (Sameeksha Trust) 45 (31).
External links
- Prem Chowdhry – Economic and Political Weekly
- ICHR Website
- Centre for Women’s Development Studies Website
References
- ↑ Central Administrative Tribunal – Delhi
- ↑ Different Types of History Part 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009. ISBN 8131718182,
- ↑ Anagol, Padma (2005). The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920. Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 9780754634119.
- ↑ Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations
- ↑ ‘Khaps Have To Reform’, Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010
- ↑ Oxford University Press
- ↑ Reformist revisited, Humra Quraishi, The Tribune India. 27 March 2011
- ↑ Social Scientist. v 21, no. 244-46 (Sept–Nov 1993) p. 112
- ↑ India Court of Women on Dowry and Related Forms of Violence against Women, 2009
- ↑ CWDS About Us
- ↑ Law and Social Sciences Research Network, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library 2008
- ↑ JNU Alumni Association
- ↑ Chowdhry, Prem (artist) (2008). Scarlet Woman (Painting: oil on canvas, for use on front cover of academic journal Signs, autumn 2010). Chicago Journals. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ Chowdhry, Prem (Autumn 2010). "'Illustration'". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, special issue: Feminists Theorize International Political Economy (Chicago Journals via JSTOR) 36 (1): Front cover. doi:10.1086/651184.
- ↑ Zoominfo: Prem Chowdhry
- ↑ Salwat, Ali (1 February 2008). "The Art of Dialogue". Newsline Magazine. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
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