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UNINA9910136592303321 |
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Titolo |
Women and work in precolonial India : a reader / / edited by Vijaya Ramaswamy |
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Thousand Oaks, California : , : SAGE, , 2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (485 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - India - History |
Occupations - India - History |
Women - India - Social conditions |
Women - India - Economic conditions |
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India History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 20: Gender, Caste and Labour: Ideological and Material Structure of WidowhoodChapter 21: Work and Gender in Mughal India; Section V: Devaradiya: Hand-maidens of God or Sex-workers?; Chapter 22: Courtesans; Chapter 23: Temple Women as Temple Servants; Chapter 24 In the Business of Kama: Prostitution in the Classical Sanskrit Literature from the Seventh to the Thirteenth Centuries; Prostitution in Ancient India; About the Editor and Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A compilation of ancient Indian texts with feminist perspectives on women's work. |
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