Gender in South Asia : social imagination and constructed realities /
Subhadra Mitra Channa.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- ix, 228 pages ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-222) and index.
Introduction -- 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.