Sharmila Reg ( Hindi शर्मिला रेगे ; October 7, 1964 , Pune - July 13, 2013 ) - Indian sociologist , feminist scientist and writer .
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| शर्मिला रेगे | |
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| Date of Birth | October 7, 1964 |
| Place of Birth | Pune , Maharashtra , India |
| Date of death | July 13, 2013 (48 years old) |
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| Citizenship |  India |
| Occupation | , |
| Years of creativity | 1991—2013 |
| Debut | Caste and Gender : Violence against Women in India, 1996 |
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Biography
Sharmila Reg was born on October 7, 1964 in Pune ( Maharashtra , India ).
Career
Sharmila joined the Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women's Studies Center (Department of Gender Studies) at the University of Pune, where she has held a position since 1991 . Received the Malcolm Adisesia Award for Distinguished Research Contribution from the Madras Institute for Development Research (MID) in 2006 .
She was one of the leading feminist scholars in India , whose pioneering work, including the monograph Describing Caste , Describing Gender : Reading the Evidence of Women from the Untouchable Caste ( 2006 ), played a decisive role in opening up feminist debates in Indian society on class, caste, religion and sexuality.
Death
Sharmila, 48, died July 13, 2013, after a brief fight with colorectal cancer .
Publications
- Caste and gender: the violence against women in India. Florence: European University Institute, 1996
- Sociology of gender: the challenge of feminist sociological knowledge. New delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2003 (5th ed. 2008)
- Writing caste, writing gender: reading Dalit women's testimonios. New Delhi: Zubaan, 2006 (reprint 2013)
Literature
- Feminism in India / Maitrayee Chaudhuri, ed. London: Zed, 2005
- Doing sociology in India: genealogies, locations, and practices / Sujata Patel, ed. New Delhi: Oxford UP, 2011