Rural Women's Power in South Asia:: Understanding Shakti

by P. Obeng

Overview

This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349457847
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Series:	Gender, Development and Social Change
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Pashington Obeng is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, USA. In 2011-2012 he was Madeleine Haas Russell Visiting Professor at Brandeis University and has also taught at Brown and Harvard Universities, USA. He is the author of Shaping Membership, Defining Nation: The Cultural Politics of African Indians in South Asia (2007).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. History and Identity 3. Policies and Interventions 4. Governments, NGOs, Sanghas and Entrepreneurs (20+) 5. Senior Women's Shakti (60+) 6. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

This book is an important contribution for the insight it provides into the veritable manner … . This book would, however, also be a useful resource for those involved in development work, as the case studies effectively outline the extent and nature of impact of interventions that aim to increase the visibility of women in public spaces.” (Kalindi Kokal, South Asia Research, Vol. 36 (2), July, 2016)

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