Zooming In: Historicizing the Religious Spaces of Women in Keralam

The socio- cultural spaces associated with the religious lives of women are arenas to be studied in detail. This book is an attempt to bring some of the researches conducted in this field in Keralam to a common platform. Articles in this book though focus on various themes; pertaining to various religions has a common thread of women spaces within religions. 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