Jata Removal Movement : Unfolding the 'Gender' in Politico-Religious Society.
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TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.Description: 1 online resource (117 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781443815505
- 1443815500
- 1282414542
- 9781282414549
- 9786612414541
- 6612414545
- Sex discrimination against women -- India
- Women -- India -- Social conditions
- Sex role -- India
- Women -- Religious life -- India
- Rites and ceremonies -- India
- Caste -- India
- Discrimination à l'égard des femmes -- Inde
- Femmes -- Inde -- Conditions sociales
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Inde
- Femmes -- Vie religieuse -- Inde
- Rites et cérémonies -- Inde
- Castes -- Inde
- Gender studies: women
- Social work
- Women's health
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- Caste
- Rites and ceremonies
- Sex discrimination against women
- Sex role
- Women -- Religious life
- Women -- Social conditions
- India
- 305.420954
- HQ1237.5.I4 K86 2009
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For centuries, India has been known for its politico-religious structures, which have developed casteism and discrimination. Gender-based oppressions have been prominent features of the patriarchal culture in India - both obvious and subtle forms of gender inequity. Multiple rites, customs, traditions and protocols reflect gender discrimination, and in most cases show gender oppression. The subordination of women visible in Indian context can be referred in historic shift from matrilineal str ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; SECTION I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; SECTION II; CASE ONE; CASE TWO; CASE THREE; CASE FOUR; CASE FIVE; CASE SIX; CASE SEVEN; CASE EIGHT; CASE NINE; CASE TEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Includes bibliographical references.
English.
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