This book presents some of Madhu Kishwar's best essays which each tackle a topic of vital concern for Indian women today. Topics include dowry, unwanted daughers, the denial of co-ownership rights to wives, women's land rights, love and marriage, sexual harassment, living indentities vs. acquired ones, and the politics of beauty contests.
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Vendeur : Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Allemagne
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Vendeur : Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. First Paper Edition. A book about the status of women in India. 290pp. Bright, clean, unmarked. copy. unmarked wrappers with no creasing to spine. Near new! Weight, 280g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 33797
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Vendeur : Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Royaume-Uni
Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 290 pages ; 22 cm. I. Beginning With Our Own Lives: A Call for Dowry Boycott II. Rethinking Dowry Boycott III. Dowry Calculations: Daughter's Rights in her Parental Family IV. Knocking at the Portals of Justice: The Struggle for Women's Land Rights V. The Burning of Roop Kanwar VI. Co-ownership Rights for Wives: A Solution Worse than the Problem VII. When Daughters are Unwanted: Sex Determination Tests in India XIII. A Code for Self-Monitoring: Some Thoughts on Activism IX. Violence and the 1989 Election: Implications for Women X. Out of the Zenana Dabba: Strategies for Enhancing Women's Political Representation XI. Women's Marginal Role in Politics XII. Sex Harassment and Slander as Weapons of Subjugation XIII. When India 'Missed' the Universe XIV. Love and Marriage XV. Women, Sex and Marriage: Restraints as a Feminine Strategy XVI. Yes to Sita, No to Ram!: The Continuing Popularity of Sita in India XVII. Who Am I?: Living Identities vs Acquired Ones XVIII. A Horror of 'Isms': Why I do not Call Myself a Feminist. N° de réf. du vendeur 18jbew104
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