Author: (ed.), Karin Kapadia
Publisher: Zubaan
Published: 2002-11-28
Total Pages: 559
ISBN-13: 938475756X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“ … the strength of the volume lies in its ability to mesh its diverse theoretical concerns with rich empirical data from all across India …” — Seminar This timely volume brings together the work of some of India’s leading feminist economists, historians, political scientists, journalists and anthropologists to investigate the contemporary situation of women in India. It focuses on four broad domains: the cultural, the social, the political and the economic. The writers argue that despite apparently positive indicators of progress in education and paid employment, women’s status has not improved.