Gender in South Asia : social imagination and constructed realities /

Channa, Subhadra, 1951-

Gender in South Asia : social imagination and constructed realities / Subhadra Mitra Channa. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (ix, 228 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"Discusses gender in terms of models generalizing upon received wisdom from historical and cultural sources and lived realities"--Provided by publisher.



9781107417649


Women--Social conditions.--India
Women--History.--India
Feminism--India.


Electronic Books.

HQ1742 / .G463 2013