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Title Sociology of gender : the challenge of feminist sociological knowledge / editor, Sharmila Rege ; foreword by Karuna Chanana.

Publication Info. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003.

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 Moore Stacks  HQ1742 .S69 2003    Available  ---
Description xviii, 447 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Themes in Indian sociology ; v. 1
Themes in Indian sociology ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Feminist challenge to sociology: disenchanting sociology or 'For sociology'? / Sharmila Rege -- PART I. CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN FEMINISM, ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY -- Feminist social theories: theme and variations / Beatrice Kachuck -- Problems with patriarchy: conceptual issues in anthropology and feminism / Patricia Uberoi -- PART II. GENDER AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- Section A: Family, marriage and kinship -- Single- and dual-earner couples: economic status and marital power / G.N. Ramu -- Who gains from matriliny? Men, women and change on a lakshadweep Island / Leela Dube -- Gender and the Khasi family structure: the Meghalaya succession to Self-acquired Property Act, 1984 / Tiplut Nongbri -- Impact of Egyptian male migration on urban families: 'feminization of the Egyptian family' or a reaffirmation of traditional gender roles / Homa Hoodfar -- Section B: Work -- Women and development: a profile of active agricultural producers / Raj Mohini Sethi -- Female participation in farm work in central Kerala / C.V. Kala -- Joiners and non-joiners: a city suburb and its women's club / Pat Caplan -- Section C: Education -- Female sexuality and education of Hindu girls in India / Karuna Chanana -- Unequal schooling and reproduction of social inequality in India / Padma Velaskar -- Section D: State -- Gender in the making of the Indian nation-state / Maitrayee Chaudhuri -- Bodies of evidence, bodies of rule: the Ilbert Bill, revivalism and age of consent in Colonial India / Judith Whitehead -- Dalit struggle, nude worship and the 'Chandragutti incident' / Linda J. Epp.
Subject Women -- India -- Social conditions.
Women.
India.
Social conditions.
Sex role -- India.
Sex role.
Feminist theory -- India.
Feminist theory.
Women.
Womyn.
Gender roles.
Feminist theory.
Added Author Rege, Sharmila.
ISBN 0761997040
0761997059 paperback
8178291800 India hardback
8178291819 India paperback