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Gender, 'Race' and Patriarchy : A Study of South Asian Women.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Revivals SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780429851339
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender, 'Race' and PatriarchyDDC classification:
  • 305.420954
LOC classification:
  • HQ1735.3 .B467 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The study of gender and 'race' -- 3 Gender and patriarchy -- 4 Arranged marriages -- 5 Dowries -- 6 Domestic labour -- 7 Domestic finance -- 8 Education, employment and marital status -- 9 Conclusions -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Bibliography.
Summary: The book provides new empirical data on the ways in which gender and 'race' interact in South Asian women's lives. It offers a greater understanding of the concept of patriarchy as experienced by South Asian women and argues that women's cultural experiences (such as arranged marriages and dowries) influence the different forms of patriarchy they experience.
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Cover -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The study of gender and 'race' -- 3 Gender and patriarchy -- 4 Arranged marriages -- 5 Dowries -- 6 Domestic labour -- 7 Domestic finance -- 8 Education, employment and marital status -- 9 Conclusions -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Bibliography.

The book provides new empirical data on the ways in which gender and 'race' interact in South Asian women's lives. It offers a greater understanding of the concept of patriarchy as experienced by South Asian women and argues that women's cultural experiences (such as arranged marriages and dowries) influence the different forms of patriarchy they experience.

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