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Author:   Martha Alter Chen
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780761992486

ISBN 10:   0761992480
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   09 July 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: THE IDEOLOGY OF WIDOWHOOD Gender, Caste and Labour - Uma Chakravarti The Ideological and Material Structure of Widowhood Sexuality, Unchastity and Fertility - Prem Chowdhry Economy of Production and Reproduction in Colonial Haryana Widows versus Daughters or Widows as Daughters? Property, Land and Economic Security in Rural India - Bina Agarwal PART TWO: THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WIDOWHOOD Widowhood and Mortality in India - P N Mari Bhat Widowhood and Aging in India - Leela Gulati PART THREE: WIDOWS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS Widows in a Tribal Setting in West Bengal - Lotika Sarkar and Narayan Banerjee Land Rights of Widows in Rajasthan - Shobha Nandwana and Ramesh Nandwana Widows and Property Rights - Seema Misra and Enakshi Ganguly Thukral A Study of Two Villages in Bihar Widows, Land Rights and Resettlement in the Narmada Valley - Bela Bhatia Widows, Family Support and Land Rights - Neelam Gorhe, Chandra Bhandari and Bela Bhatia Case Studies from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar and Gujarat PART FOUR: WIDOWS AND SOCIAL SECURITY The Pension Scheme for Widows in Tamil Nadu - K V Eswara Prasad Social Security of Widows in Gujurat - Varsha Bhagat Ganguly Social Security for Widows - I S Gulati and Leela Gulati A Study of Pension Schemes in Kerala PART FIVE: WIDOWS, POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT Widowhood and Poverty in Rural India - Jean Dr[gr]eze and P V Srinivasan Some Inferences from Household Survey Data The Poor Widows of Kootam - Leela Gulati A Study of Widows in a Squatter Settlement Jayamma - Leela Gulati and Mitu Gulati Profile of a Widowed Brick Worker Women's Employment Status by Marital Status in Haryana - D V Rukmini Self-Employed Widows - Renana Jhabvala Some Experiences from Gujarat PART SIX: WIDOWS AND PUBLIC ACTION Partition Widows - Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin The State as Social Rehabilitator Social Action with Rural Widows in Gujarat - Bela Bhatia

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