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020			_a9781107338807 (ebook)
020			_z9781107043619 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHQ1742 _b.C485 2013
082	0	0	_a305.40954 _223
100	1		_aMitra Channa, Subhadra, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGender in South Asia : _bSocial Imagination and Constructed Realities / _cSubhadra Mitra Channa.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (238 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book is an examination of gender in South Asia and its intersection with other social variables like caste and class. It spans a wide canvas in terms of different social classes, ranging from elite to Dalit women of India, and takes material from ancient texts and modern media, literature and ethnographic materials forming a historical discourse. There is an appraisal of what feminism means in the Indian context and the cross-cultural construction of patriarchy that varies in its manifestations across time and space. The readers are taken on a journey that shows how gender can only be understood in its social and historical context and as a dynamic and performative concept that emerges out of both collective imaginations and social realities. The use of descriptive and narrative style makes the book readable and enjoyable to both academic and non-academic readers.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107043619
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338807
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37496 _d37496