Description |
xviii, 447 pages ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Themes in Indian sociology ; v. 1
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Themes in Indian sociology ; v. 1.
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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.
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Women. |
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India. |
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Social conditions. |
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Sex role -- India.
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Sex role. |
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Feminist theory -- India.
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Feminist theory. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Gender roles. |
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Feminist theory. |
Added Author |
Rege, Sharmila.
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ISBN |
0761997040 |
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0761997059 paperback |
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8178291800 India hardback |
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8178291819 India paperback |
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