Gender in south asia: social imagination and constructed realities
Auteur :
Mitra Channa, Subhadra
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107043619
Date de publication :
5 sept. 2013
Dimensions :
23,7 x 15,5 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
460 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is about gender construction in India. The generalized model of gender in India has two polar points – Devi (goddess) and Dasi (slave). The main argument of the book is that gender cannot be viewed as an independent variable situating it away from the social and cultural realities.