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.