
'Good Women do not Inherit Land'
Politics of Land and Gender in India
Nitya Rao(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2017
Book
Hardback
370 pages
978-1-138-50192-8 (ISBN)
Description
Land for the adivasi Santal women in Dumka, Jharkhand stands for security, social position and identity, and in this men have a distinct advantage. The time period covered is from historic times to the present. The role of government administrative bodies, NGOs and political leaders is also emphasized.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
11 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 6 s/w Zeichnungen, 39 s/w Tabellen
39 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-50192-8 (9781138501928)
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Person
Nitya Rao is Senior Lecturer, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Content
1. Introduction 2. A Personal Journey 3. Faces of Poverty: The Villages Profiled 4. Reinventing Tradition: Agrarian Movements in History 5. Land as a Productive Resource 6. Locating Identities 7. Women's Claims to Land 8. Custom and Courts: Bargaining with Modernity 9. Development Interventions: Can One Size fit all? 10. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Bibliography
Index