Selfing the city : single women migrants and their lives in Kolkata /

Exploring the quest for 'self' in the city through migrant women's narratives.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chanda, Ipsita (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, 2017.
Temas:
Women internal migrants > India > Kolkata > Social conditions.
Single women > India > Kolkata > Social conditions.
Women > Identity.
Group identity > India > Kolkata.
Urbanization > Social aspects > India > Kolkata.
Femmes seules > Inde > Kolkata > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Identité.
Identité collective > Inde > Kolkata.
Urbanisation > Aspect social > Inde > Kolkata.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Group identity.
Single women > Social conditions.
Urbanization > Social aspects.
India > Kolkata.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Entering the space: diversity through a gender lens
  • The city: relations in urban space
  • Inhabiting the city: the challenges
  • A room in the city: constructing a private space
  • Finding the "self"
  • Friendships: creating a community
  • The 'safe' city and outsider women
  • The 'self' and the city: new roles
  • The outsider and equitable social space.

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