Culture, power and agency : Gender in Indian ethnography - Kolkata Stree 2006 - 231 : Pages

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Bridging theoretical discussions with fieldwork, this title considers social change in various gendered sites: orphan girls, middle class and working class housewives, Dalit Vankars, control of fertility, divorce and domestic violence. Offering ethnographic description and analysis, it suggests ways in which women challenge predominant ideologies.

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