Feminist reading of the text Fakeer of Jungheera, Definition of faminism, Ratio of women in higher education.

2.  Presented by Dharma Gohel
 Smt. S. B. Gardi Department of English MKBU
 Topic : Feminist reading : Past and Present
 PAPER NO : 04 Indian Writing in English ( pre-
indipendence )
 MA SEM : 01
 BATCH : 2017-2019
 EMAIL ID : dharmagohel71@gmail.com
 Enrollment no : 2069108420180014
Welcome

3. The Fakeer of Jungheera :
Religion
Orthodox Society
Tradition ( Sati,
Child marriage )
Worship of many
God
Education

4.  What is Feminism ?
 Feminism is a range of Political movements,
ideologies and social movements that share a common
goal : to establish and achieve political, economic,
personal and social equality of sexses.
 This includes seeking to establish educational and
professional opportunities for women that are equal to
such opportunities for men.

5. Waves of Feminism :
The history of the modern
western feminism is devided into
three waves :
1) The first wave : It comprised
women’s suffrage movements of
the 19th and early 20th century.

6. Continue…
2) The second wave : It was associated with ideas and
actions of the women’s liberation movement
beginning of the 1960s. It campaigned for legal and
social equality for women.
3). The third wave : It is a continuation of, and a
reaction to, the perceived failures of second wave
feminism which began in the 1990s.

7.  Origin :
 Charles Fourier, a Utopian
Socialist and French
philosopher, is credited with
having coined the word
“feminisme”.
It first appeared in France.

8.  Role of women :
Pre - Independence Post - Independence
 Education
Home
Society
Culture
Social evils
Education
Working place
Society
Culture
Social evils

9. Women participation in higher
education :
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
1950-51
1955-56
1960-61
1965-66
1970-71
1775-76
1980-81
1985-86
1990-91
1995-96
2000-01
2005-06
Men
Women
Total enrolment
Women as perecent of
all studemts

10. Thank you