Gender in South Asia : Social Imagination and Constructed Realities /

This book is an examination of gender in South Asia and its intersection with other social variables like caste and class. It spans a wide canvas in terms of different social classes, ranging from elite to Dalit women of India, and takes material from ancient texts and modern media, literature and e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitra Channa, Subhadra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Women > India > Social conditions.
Women > India > History.
Feminism > India.
Femmes > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Inde > Histoire.
Féminisme > Inde.
Feminism.
Women.
Women > Social conditions.
India.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Colonial India and the construction of upper-caste/class women
  • Elite women: education and emergence of feminism
  • Work and gender relations of a low-caste group in urban Delhi
  • Globalization and the emerging gender issues in India
  • Conclusion: redefining the feminine.

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