Siva and Her Sisters

Siva and Her Sisters Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South India - Studies in the Ethnographic Imagination

Hardback (20 Apr 1995)

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A study of the impact of caste and class on conceptions of gender, this book focuses on the lower castes/classes of South India. Examining the lives and work of 'untouchable' women in a village in Tamilnadu, the author explores the recently articulated critique of feminism that race, caste, and class may be more important factors than gender in a p

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Book information

ISBN: 9780813381589
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.40954
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 269
Weight: 566g
Height: 229mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 25mm