Rural women's power in South Asia : Understanding shakti / Pashington Obeng

By:

Obeng, Pashington [author.]

Language: English Publication details: UK : Palgrave macmillan, 2014.Description: xiii, 186pISBN:

9781349960101

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DDC classification:

305.420954 OBE-R

Summary: This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.

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This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.

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