Walls Within Walls

by Weiss, Anita M.

• ISBN13: 9780813384221
• ISBN10: 0813384222
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Walled City Life	p. 1
Women Within the Walls	p. 7
Gaining Entrance Through the Gates	p. 12
Notes	p. 29
Women, Families, and Households	p. 33
Women's Accounts of Family Life	p. 34
Notes	p. 70
Women and Their Work	p. 73
Women's Lives and Their Labor	p. 84
Notes	p. 110
Survival Strategies and Images of Power	p. 113
Health, Healing, and Visions of Freedom	p. 115
Women's Ways of Surviving	p. 124
Notes	p. 159
Empowerment and Social Change	p. 161
Envisioned Dreams and Aspirations	p. 162
Women's Empowerment and Development Planning	p. 174
Notes	p. 180
Appendix	p. 183
Glossary	p. 189
Bibliography	p. 193
Index	p. 197
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