Women of honour : gender and agency among dalit women in the Central Himalayas / Karin M. Polit.

By:

Polit, Karin M. (Karin Margret)

Publisher: New Delhi : Orient BlackSwan, 2012Description: xvi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9788125042679
8125042679

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.42095451 23

LOC classification:

HQ1744.C43 P65 2012

Contents:

Contents: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration; Glossary; 1. Introduction; 2. Children, Bodies, Personhood; 3. Engagement and Marriage; 4. Taking on Responsibility; 5. Wombs, Spirits and Male Offspring; 6. Coming of Age; 7. Reflections on Agency and Performance; References; Index

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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-350) and index.

Contents:
List of Illustrations;
Acknowledgements;
Note on Transliteration;
Glossary;
1. Introduction;
2. Children, Bodies, Personhood;
3. Engagement and Marriage;
4. Taking on Responsibility;
5. Wombs, Spirits and Male Offspring;
6. Coming of Age;
7. Reflections on Agency and Performance;
References;
Index

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