17 Dec 2018
Ala released its third and fourth issues with the following articles:
Issue 3
Deepthi Murali writes about a theft in 1821 Travancore, and what a neettu (നീട്ടു) tells us about the lives of ordinary people at the time. http://ala.keralascholars.org/issues/3/neettu-nineteenth-century-kerala/
Prof. A.T. Mohanraj writes about the rich Rock Arts of Kerala and the need to preserve them. http://ala.keralascholars.org/issues/3/rock-arts-of-kerala/
Marva M writes about eattummas–the traditional Islamic postnatal caregivers of north Malabar, and the impact of caste, religion, and the changing dynamics of medicalisation on this form of informal female care labour. http://ala.keralascholars.org/issues/4/maternity-carers-of-malabar/
Shilpa Menon writes about the need to study histories of female impersonation in popular Malayalam theatre and their role in nuancing our understanding of gender in and as performance. http://ala.keralascholars.org/issues/4/female-impersonation-in-kerala/
We hope you enjoy the read!
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S. Harikrishnan (Editor, Ala)
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