A field of one's own : Gender and land rights in South Asia

By:

Agarwal Bina

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994Description: 572p xvISBN:

9780521429269

Subject(s):

1. Women Studies - Philosophy - Rights 2. Land Tenure - South Asia 3. Land reforms - South Asia 4. Women rights - South Asia 5. Rural Women - Conditions - South Asia

DDC classification:

323.460000 AGA-2

Contents:

Table of contents Preface; l. Land rights for women: making the case; 2. Conceptualizing gender relations; 3. Customary rights and associated practices; 4. Erosion and disinheritance: traditionally matrilineal and bilateral communities today; 5. Contemporary law: contestation and content; 6. Whose share? Who claims? The gap between law and practice; 7. Whose land? Who commands? The gap between ownership and control; 8. Tracing cross-regional diversities; 9. Struggles over resources, struggles over meanings; l0. The long march ahead.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	Mansfield Section	323.46 AGA-2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		32698

Table of contents
Preface;
l. Land rights for women: making the case;
2. Conceptualizing gender relations;
3. Customary rights and associated practices;
4. Erosion and disinheritance: traditionally matrilineal and bilateral communities today;
5. Contemporary law: contestation and content;
6. Whose share? Who claims? The gap between law and practice;
7. Whose land? Who commands? The gap between ownership and control;
8. Tracing cross-regional diversities;
9. Struggles over resources, struggles over meanings;
l0. The long march ahead.

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