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Women across Asia : issues of identities / editors, Lipi Ghosh, Ishita Mukhopadhyay, Suchandra Chakraborty.
Van Pelt Library HQ1075.5.I4 W66 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gender identity--India--Asia--Congresses.
- Gender identity.
- Feminism--Asia--Congresses.
- Feminism.
- Asia.
- India.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 291 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Gyan Pub. House, 2006.
- Summary:
- Contributed articles on gender identity and feminism presented earlier at a workshop moderated by Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies and Women Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta.
- Contents:
- Gender stereotyping in South Asia / Ishita Mukhopadhyay
- Gender disparity in South Asia : a comparative study of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka / Smita Majumdar
- Whither the women of Asia? : an exploration of the trends in the nature of women's engagements visible in Asia / Bonita Aleaz
- Women participation in Panchayati Raj Institution in West Bengal / Madhulika Mitra and Somnath Mitra
- Globalisation and its impact on women workers : the Asian experience / Suman Ray and Basabi Chakraborty
- Quest for identity : a brief sketch of the Palestinian women's movement / Aditi Bhaduri
- Between secular teaching and Islamic preaching : confused identity of Soviet Central Asian women / Nandini Bhattacharya
- Between "homeland" and home : Russian women in Uzbekistan / Anita Sengupta
- Women's (non)identity : the case of the Bauls' Sadhansanginis / Rajasri Basu
- Con(fused) identity of a flying woman / Swati Ghosh
- Identity - women - advertisement : politics of viewing / Sarbani Guha Ghosal
- Religion, sex and issues of identity : women in Thailand / Lipi Ghosh
- Japanese women : Mukoirikon to modernisation / Purabi Gangopadhyay
- Women in Bhutan : aspects of their status and role / Seikh Rahim Mondal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 8121208726
- 9788121208727
- OCLC:
- 68807142
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