From Independence Towards Freedom Indian Women since 1947

by Ray, Bharati; Basu, Aparna

• ISBN13: 9780195645750
• ISBN10: 0195645758
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The twelve essays in this volume critically examine the relationship between the Indian nation and its women, analysing the material and ideological element along with the cultural and social factors constraining women's development as well as those of economics or demography.

Table of Contents

Tables	vii
Notes on Contributors	ix
Introduction	xiii
Bharati Ray
Aparna Basu
Women and Partition Some Questions	1	(18)
Bharati Ray
Panchayat Raj Institutions and Women	19	(15)
Bidyut Mohanty
Towards the Second Freedom	34	(22)
Ela R. Bhatt
Women and Work in India A Collage from Five Decades of Independence	56	(24)
Mukul Mukherjee
Deficit of Women in India Magnitude, Trends, Regional Variations and Determinants	80	(20)
Leela Visaria
Reform of Hindu Marriage and Succession Laws Still the Unequal Sex	100	(20)
Lotika Sarkar
Muslim Women and the Debate on Legal Reforms	120	(15)
Zoya Hasan
Women's Education in India Achievements and Challenges	135	(23)
Aparna Basu
India Women and the Electronic Media	158	(12)
Mrinal Pande
Women as Artists in Contemporary India	170	(31)
Tapati Guha-Thakurta
Sisters in Sorrow Contemporary Indian Women's Re-telling of the Rama Tale	201	(20)
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
The Women's Movement in India	221	(18)
Vina Mazumdar
Indu Agnihotri
Emergence of a New Perspective	221	(18)
Index	239