Performing law: space and the unfolding of gender and violence in India
Kokal K, Menski W (2021)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: Elgar Online
Edited Volumes: Handbook on Space, Place and Law
City/Town: Cheltenham
Pages Range: 72–85
ISBN: 9781788977203
DOI: 10.4337/9781788977203.00017
Abstract
Spaces of law and the scales at which they function are crucial to the implementation of laws. This chapter explores how women in urban India use concepts of gender and violence to access state law in different forums to unfurl various formal and informal processes that combine to construct a sense of justice. Simultaneously we show how state laws aimed at protecting women from gender-based violence are experienced differently in different spaces, provoking a discussion about the limits and extent of such laws. Conflicts over space, place and time arise, everywhere, simply because ‘law’ as ‘living law’ is much more than rules of state law and includes norms, religious beliefs and everyday practices and is used or performed strategically by different actors.
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School of Oriental and African Studies University of London (SOAS)
United Kingdom (GB)
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India (IN)
United Kingdom (GB)
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India (IN)
How to cite
APA:
Kokal, K., & Menski, W. (2021). Performing law: space and the unfolding of gender and violence in India. In Robyn Bartel, Jennifer Carter (Eds.), Handbook on Space, Place and Law. (pp. 72–85). Cheltenham: Elgar Online.
MLA:
Kokal, Kalindi, and Werner Menski. "Performing law: space and the unfolding of gender and violence in India." Handbook on Space, Place and Law. Ed. Robyn Bartel, Jennifer Carter, Cheltenham: Elgar Online, 2021. 72–85.
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