93 © The Author(s) 2019 S. Perera, D. N. Pathak (eds.), Intersections of Contemporary Art, Anthropology and Art History in South Asia, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05852-4_4 CHAPTER 4 ‘Art’ of Ethnography: Feminist Ethnography and Women Artists in South Asia Pooja Kalita In the light of omnipresent scepticisms, apprehensions and at the same time enthusiasm for doing feminist ethnography in South Asia, this chapter makes an initial attempt to consider art by women in the region as a signif- cant ethnographic material. Especially in a region like South Asia, there can be no one defnition of feminism, and yet, the common thread of gender discrimination and exploitation binds women, feminists and women artists of the region alike. Thus, art by women in various genres, which are often overlooked and ignored in the domains of sociology/social anthropology, can serve as an important material for feminist ethnographers. This chapter sheds light on the possibilities of such camaraderie between feminist eth- nography and art by women in South Asia concurring with the ideas of intersections highlighted in the editorial introduction. P. Kalita (*) Department of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi, India An earlier version of this chapter was presented at the South Asia Conference: Cultural Productions from a Gendered Perspective, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 2017. I am extremely indebted to Prof. Sasanka Perera for being a constant source of inspiration and providing his invaluable guidance throughout every stage of this chapter.