Women's Agency and Social Change : Assam and Beyond
Meeta. Deka
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New Delhi : : SAGE Publications, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (231 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover ; Contents; Foreword ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1 - Women and Society ; 2 - Women and Law ; 3 - Women and Economy: Marginalization, Alienation and Agency ; 4 - Changing Patriarchy and Women's Space in Politics ; 5 - Conclusion ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author. - <p style=""text-align: justify;""><strong>Women’s Agency and Social Change: Assam and Beyond</strong> focuses on varied oppression, power relations and ideologies embedded in the complex yet interdependent social, political, economic and legal structures, and women’s subordination therein. <br /><br />British intervention, 1826–1947, by itself did not impact the agency aspect on women directly, but the emergence of new forces and factors sowed the seeds of women’s agency to impact social change, even if minimal. In the post-Independence period, British colonial legacy perpetuated the s
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| ISBN | 9788132111382
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