Gender and Politics in IndiaThis volume presents a view of feminist theory and politics in India in the form of debates within the movement on key issues. The essays focus on important strands and arguments within Indian feminism, providing for an inclusion of disparate voices without privileging any one over the other. |
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Contents
GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT | 37 |
Women Ecology and Culture | 72 |
WORK | 143 |
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| Title | Gender and Politics in India Oxford India paperbacks: Themes in politics Oxford in India Readings Series Oxford in India readings: Themes in politics Themes in politics series |
| Editor | Nivedita Menon |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 019564641X, 9780195646412 |
| Length | 539 pages |
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