Nivedita Menon traces how the discourse of secularism hyper-visualizes women and religion as a means of obscuring forms of capitalist, racialized, caste, and anti-minoritarian violence throughout the global South.
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Nivedita Menon is an Indian feminist writer and a professor of political thought at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. Her work focuses on a critical examination of gender, sexuality, and power within the Indian context. Menon engages in deconstructing traditional narratives, exploring how social and political structures are shaped by power relations. Her writing is recognized for its deep insight and analytical rigor.
- 2024
- 2012
A bold and wide ranging book which reaorders contemporary contemporary society through a feminist lens.
- 2004
Presents a feminist analysis of Indian issues that goes past rights to get to justice. This work explores the relationship between law and feminist politics, by examining the contemporary Indian women's movement with comparisons to France and the United States.