Devika J
Associate Professor
History
Centre for Development Studies
India
Biography
B.A (History), University of Kerala, first class, first rank. M.A in Modern History (1991), Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, first class. Ph.D. in History (2003), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. Gurudarsana Award for best work on Malayalam culture for Kulasthreeyum Chanthappennum Undaayathengane?, 2014. Award instituted by the Methala Sree Narayana Samajam. V Abdulla Award for best work of translation from Malayalam to English for Hangwoman, 2015. Instituted by V Abdulla Foundation
Research Interest
The intertwined histories of gender, development, politics, and culture in Kerala. Translation and translation studies. Feminist theory and practice. Modern Malayalam literature. Contemporary issues in politics and development in Kerala Social theory and social science research methodologies.
Publications
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Individuals, Householders, Citizens: Malayalees and Family Planning, 1930s-1970′, Zubaan, New Delhi, 2008.
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(Jointly with Binitha V Thampi) New Lamps for Old? Gender Paradoxes of Political Decentralization in Kerala, Zubaan, New Delhi, 2012.
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Woman writing =Man reading? Masculinist Literary Criticism and Women Writing in Twentieth Century Kerala, Zubaan- Penguin India, New Delhi, 2013.
