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Of woman caste : the experience of gender in rural India

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

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Description
  1. xi, 245 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
  2. The balance between traditional expectations and current realities.
Subject
  1. Women, Maratha > India > Masure > Social conditions > Case studies
  2. Women, Maratha > India > Masure > Economic conditions > Case studies
  3. Women farmers > India > Masure > Case studies
  4. Sex role > India > Masure > Case studies
  5. Gender identity > India > Masure > Case studies
  6. Caste > India > Masure > Case studies
  7. Caste
  8. Gender identity
  9. Manners and customs
  10. Sex role
  11. Women farmers
  12. Ländlicher Raum
  13. Sozialstatus
  14. Frau
  15. Vrouwen
  16. Kastenstelsel
  17. Plattelandsbevolking
  18. Gender roles
  19. Femmes > Inde > Conditions sociales
  20. Femmes > Inde > Conditions économiques
  21. Identité sexuelle > Inde
  22. Castes > Inde
  23. WOMEN'S STATUS
  24. WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
  25. WOMEN WORKERS
  26. RURAL CONDITIONS
  27. INDIA
  28. Masure (India) > Social life and customs > Case studies
  29. Masure (India) > Religious life and customs > Case studies
  30. India > Masure
  31. Indien
  32. sociale klassen
  33. social classes
  34. boeren
  35. farmers
  36. rollen (functie)
  37. roles
  38. sociale status
  39. social status
  40. sociologie
  41. sociology
  42. landbouw
  43. agriculture
  44. positie van de vrouw
  45. woman's status
  46. vrouwen
  47. women
  48. plattelandsgemeenschappen
  49. rural communities
  50. india
  51. vrouwenbeweging
  52. women's movement
  53. feminisme
  54. feminism
  55. vrouw en samenleving
  56. woman and society
  57. Women's Movement
  58. Vrouwenbeweging
Genre/Form
  1. Case studies
  2. Case studies.
  3. Études de cas.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1989.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-235) and index.