Don't marry me to a plowman! : women's everyday lives in rural North India /

Don't marry me to a plowman! : women's everyday lives in rural North India /

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Author / Creator:Jeffery, Patricia, 1947-
Imprint:Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.
Description:viii, 294 p.
Language:English
Subject:
Women -- India -- Bijnor (District) -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Women -- India -- Bijnor (District) -- Economic conditions -- Case studies.
Women -- Economic conditions.
Women -- Social conditions.
India -- Bijnor (District)
Case studies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2442282
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Other authors / contributors:Jeffery, Roger.
ISBN:0813319943 (hc)
0813326214 (pb)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Notes
  • 1. Queen Today in a Red S&abar;r&ibar;!
  • Notes
  • 2. Just Because I Was Angry
  • Notes
  • 3. She's Brought Plenty of Wealth
  • Notes
  • 4. A Girl Seems Burdensome To Both Her Parents
  • Notes
  • 5. Leaving Her Father's House
  • Notes
  • 6. Who Would There Be To Sit with Our Boy?
  • Notes
  • 7. No One of Your Own Will Be There
  • Notes
  • 8. I'Ve Become Shameless Because of the Children
  • Notes
  • 9. The Daughter-In-Law's Era
  • Notes
  • 10. Love and Peace in My Mother's House
  • Notes
  • 11. Should I Become a Pauper?
  • Notes
  • 12. Toasted on One Side
  • Notes
  • 13. Why Have You Married Me So Distantly?
  • Notes
  • 14. My Uncle Saw The Situation I'M in Now
  • Notes
  • 15. A Woman Should Die Before Her Husband
  • Notes
  • 16. Allah Gives Both Boys and Girls
  • Notes
  • Afterword
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • About the Book And Authors
  • Name Index

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