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9780195797619

Walls within Walls Life Histories of Working Women in the Old City of Lahore

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195797619

  • ISBN10:

    0195797612

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-05-02
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is a rich description of socio-cultural issues affecting the lives of working women residents of Lahore's Walled City. Weiss reveals the interplay between Islamic religious ideals and traditionally embedded orientations, and how women respond to practical economic needs.

Author Biography

Anita M. Weiss is professor of International Studies at the University of Oregon.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
Preface to the Second Edition xvii
Walled City Life
1(32)
Women Within the Walls
7(5)
Gaining Entrance Through the Gates
12(17)
Notes
29(4)
Women, Families, and Households
33(40)
Women's Accounts of Family Life
34(36)
Notes
70(3)
Women and Their Work
73(40)
Women's Lives and Their Labor
84(26)
Notes
110(3)
Survival Strategies and Images of Power
113(48)
Health, Healing, and Visions of Freedom
115(9)
Women's Ways of Surviving
124(35)
Notes
159(2)
Empowerment and Social Change
161(22)
Envisioned Dreams and Aspirations
162(12)
Women's Empowerment and Development Planning
174(6)
Notes
180(3)
Appendix 183(6)
Glossary 189(4)
Bibliography 193(4)
Index 197

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