A land of one's own : women and land rights in literature and society / by Lata Martina Varghese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lata Marina Varghese, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in literature.

Right of property.

Real property.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Women.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents an informative examination of how the issue of women's land rights has been dealt with both in Indian literature, particularly Indian English fiction, and in Indian society. The human rights of women are a revolutionary notion that has opened the way for the definition, analysis, and articulation of women's experiences of widespread violence, degradation, discrimination, and marginality. Globally, women's land rights are becoming an area of increasing urgency and concern as discrimination against women over land, property and inheritance rights continues to keep them in a su

Contents:

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 14, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7513-9

OCLC:

903318175