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Of woman caste : the experience of gender in rural India

Title
Of woman caste : the experience of gender in rural India / Anjali Bagwe.
Author
Bagwe, Anjali Narottam
Publication
London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA : Zed Books, ©1995.

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Description
xi, 245 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  • This major study of village women's lives demonstrates the many creative strategies women use to cope with the dual stresses of poverty and patriarchy. Focusing in particular on village farmers, the author has explored the 'grassroots reality' of women's lives in her ancestral village, Masure, on the Konkan coast of western India. A powerful portrayal of village life, Of Woman Caste furthers our understanding of the complexities which village women face in maintaining.
  • The balance between traditional expectations and current realities.
Subject
  • Women, Maratha > India > Masure > Social conditions > Case studies
  • Women, Maratha > India > Masure > Economic conditions > Case studies
  • Women farmers > India > Masure > Case studies
  • Sex role > India > Masure > Case studies
  • Gender identity > India > Masure > Case studies
  • Caste > India > Masure > Case studies
  • Caste
  • Gender identity
  • Manners and customs
  • Sex role
  • Women farmers
  • Ländlicher Raum
  • Sozialstatus
  • Frau
  • Vrouwen
  • Kastenstelsel
  • Plattelandsbevolking
  • Gender roles
  • Femmes > Inde > Conditions sociales
  • Femmes > Inde > Conditions économiques
  • Identité sexuelle > Inde
  • Castes > Inde
  • WOMEN'S STATUS
  • WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
  • WOMEN WORKERS
  • RURAL CONDITIONS
  • INDIA
  • Masure (India) > Social life and customs > Case studies
  • Masure (India) > Religious life and customs > Case studies
  • India > Masure
  • Indien
  • sociale klassen
  • social classes
  • boeren
  • farmers
  • rollen (functie)
  • roles
  • sociale status
  • social status
  • sociologie
  • sociology
  • landbouw
  • agriculture
  • positie van de vrouw
  • woman's status
  • vrouwen
  • women
  • plattelandsgemeenschappen
  • rural communities
  • india
  • vrouwenbeweging
  • women's movement
  • feminisme
  • feminism
  • vrouw en samenleving
  • woman and society
  • Women's Movement
  • Vrouwenbeweging
Genre/Form
  • Case studies
  • Case studies.
  • Études de cas.
Note
  • Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1989.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-235) and index.
Contents
ch. 1. Woman researcher -- ch. 2. Folklore and the Malvani ethos -- ch. 3. Aba and Kaki, a village couple -- ch. 4. Woman of work, Akka -- ch. 5. Earth woman, Parvati -- ch. 6. Woman of faith, Savitri -- ch. 7. Myth of the money-order economy.
ISBN
  • 1856493210
  • 9781856493215
  • 1856493229
  • 9781856493222
LCCN
95031267
OCLC
  • ocm32968919
  • 32968919
  • SCSB-2067108
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library