Gendering caste : through a feminist lens / Uma Chakravarti.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Chakraborty, Uma (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published:Los Angeles : SAGE, 2018.
Series:Theorizing feminism
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Table of Contents:
  • A Note from the Series Editor Maithreyi Krishnaraj; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Understanding Caste; The Axis of Gender Stratification in India; Caste, Class and Gender: The Historical Roots of Brahmanical Patriarchy; The Formation of Patriarchy and the Subordination of Women; The Diversity of Patriarchal Practices; Critiques of Caste and Gender Stratification; Pre-Colonial Structures of Caste and Gender: An Eighteenth-Century Example; Caste in the Colonial Period; Caste and Gender in Contemporary India; Epilogue; Afterword: Caste and Gender in the New Millennium; Select Bibliography and Filmography; Index;