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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807302103321

Autore

Deka Meeta

Titolo

Women's agency and social change : Assam and beyond / / Meeta Deka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : SAGE, , 2016

ISBN

81-321-1798-0

93-5150-784-X

81-321-1654-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

SAGE studies on India's North East

Disciplina

305.40954

Soggetti

Women - India

Women - Political activity - India

Feminism - India

Social change - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Contents; Foreword ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1 - Women and Society ; 2 - Women and Law ; 3 - Women and Economy: Marginalization, Alienation and Agency ; 4 - Changing Patriarchy and Women's Space in Politics ; 5 - Conclusion ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

'Women's Agency and Social Change' focuses on varied oppression, power relations and ideologies embedded in the complex yet interdependent social, political, economic and legal structures, and women's subordination therein.