Widows in India
Social Neglect and Public Action
1st Edition
Published on 9. July 1998
Book
Hardback
456 pages
978-0-7619-9248-6 (ISBN)
Description
There are more than 33 million widows in India, comprising about 8 per cent of the total female population of the country. Despite this, little is known about the actual living conditions of widows, about the quiet deprivations they experience on a daily basis. They are rarely mentioned in the literature on poverty, in public debates on social policy or even by the women's movement.
Weaving together analytic essays, hard data and poignant case studies, this important volume is aimed at bringing about a better understanding of the social and economic conditions of widows, to focus attention on widowhood as a social problem and to promote public action and policies in support of widows in India.
Weaving together analytic essays, hard data and poignant case studies, this important volume is aimed at bringing about a better understanding of the social and economic conditions of widows, to focus attention on widowhood as a social problem and to promote public action and policies in support of widows in India.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
639 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9248-6 (9780761992486)
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Content
Introduction
PART ONE: THE IDEOLOGY OF WIDOWHOOD
Gender, Caste and Labour - Uma Chakravarti
The Ideological and Material Structure of Widowhood
Sexuality, Unchastity and Fertility - Prem Chowdhry
Economy of Production and Reproduction in Colonial Haryana
Widows versus Daughters or Widows as Daughters? Property, Land and Economic Security in Rural India - Bina Agarwal
PART TWO: THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WIDOWHOOD
Widowhood and Mortality in India - P N Mari Bhat
Widowhood and Aging in India - Leela Gulati
PART THREE: WIDOWS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
Widows in a Tribal Setting in West Bengal - Lotika Sarkar and Narayan Banerjee
Land Rights of Widows in Rajasthan - Shobha Nandwana and Ramesh Nandwana
Widows and Property Rights - Seema Misra and Enakshi Ganguly Thukral
A Study of Two Villages in Bihar
Widows, Land Rights and Resettlement in the Narmada Valley - Bela Bhatia
Widows, Family Support and Land Rights - Neelam Gorhe, Chandra Bhandari and Bela Bhatia
Case Studies from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar and Gujarat
PART FOUR: WIDOWS AND SOCIAL SECURITY
The Pension Scheme for Widows in Tamil Nadu - K V Eswara Prasad
Social Security of Widows in Gujurat - Varsha Bhagat Ganguly
Social Security for Widows - I S Gulati and Leela Gulati
A Study of Pension Schemes in Kerala
PART FIVE: WIDOWS, POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT
Widowhood and Poverty in Rural India - Jean Dr[gr]eze and P V Srinivasan
Some Inferences from Household Survey Data
The Poor Widows of Kootam - Leela Gulati
A Study of Widows in a Squatter Settlement
Jayamma - Leela Gulati and Mitu Gulati
Profile of a Widowed Brick Worker
Women's Employment Status by Marital Status in Haryana - D V Rukmini
Self-Employed Widows - Renana Jhabvala
Some Experiences from Gujarat
PART SIX: WIDOWS AND PUBLIC ACTION
Partition Widows - Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin
The State as Social Rehabilitator
Social Action with Rural Widows in Gujarat - Bela Bhatia
PART ONE: THE IDEOLOGY OF WIDOWHOOD
Gender, Caste and Labour - Uma Chakravarti
The Ideological and Material Structure of Widowhood
Sexuality, Unchastity and Fertility - Prem Chowdhry
Economy of Production and Reproduction in Colonial Haryana
Widows versus Daughters or Widows as Daughters? Property, Land and Economic Security in Rural India - Bina Agarwal
PART TWO: THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WIDOWHOOD
Widowhood and Mortality in India - P N Mari Bhat
Widowhood and Aging in India - Leela Gulati
PART THREE: WIDOWS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
Widows in a Tribal Setting in West Bengal - Lotika Sarkar and Narayan Banerjee
Land Rights of Widows in Rajasthan - Shobha Nandwana and Ramesh Nandwana
Widows and Property Rights - Seema Misra and Enakshi Ganguly Thukral
A Study of Two Villages in Bihar
Widows, Land Rights and Resettlement in the Narmada Valley - Bela Bhatia
Widows, Family Support and Land Rights - Neelam Gorhe, Chandra Bhandari and Bela Bhatia
Case Studies from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar and Gujarat
PART FOUR: WIDOWS AND SOCIAL SECURITY
The Pension Scheme for Widows in Tamil Nadu - K V Eswara Prasad
Social Security of Widows in Gujurat - Varsha Bhagat Ganguly
Social Security for Widows - I S Gulati and Leela Gulati
A Study of Pension Schemes in Kerala
PART FIVE: WIDOWS, POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT
Widowhood and Poverty in Rural India - Jean Dr[gr]eze and P V Srinivasan
Some Inferences from Household Survey Data
The Poor Widows of Kootam - Leela Gulati
A Study of Widows in a Squatter Settlement
Jayamma - Leela Gulati and Mitu Gulati
Profile of a Widowed Brick Worker
Women's Employment Status by Marital Status in Haryana - D V Rukmini
Self-Employed Widows - Renana Jhabvala
Some Experiences from Gujarat
PART SIX: WIDOWS AND PUBLIC ACTION
Partition Widows - Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin
The State as Social Rehabilitator
Social Action with Rural Widows in Gujarat - Bela Bhatia