The notion of the threshold, indicating the restricted periphery of the `women's place' in family and society, was firmly embedded in the psyche of nineteenth-century women in Western India. Yet some remarkable and articulate women (who are the focus of this book) `transgressed' patriarchal boundaries-crossing thresholds, literally and metaphorically-to make their mark in the public sphere. The...

Women emergence of new ideology

Mallik, Ajaya Kumar

ISBN: 9789389404548, 9389404541

Women gender and human rights

Thakur, Sadhana

ISBN: 9789388162265, 9388162269

Cultivating development: an ethnography of aid policy and practice

Mosse, David

ISBN: 9788178296012, 8178296012

The book is a compelling re-examination of the politics and ethics of engaging with development and a rare self-critical reflection practice. It will be invaluable to policy makers, development workers, development researchers, social and cultural anthropologists, and anyone else interested in development studies and social policy.

Covid-19 airway management and ventilation strategy for critically Ill older patients

Singh, Chhavi et al.

ISBN: 9789390780464, 9390780462

Mary Wollstonecraft and the beginnings of female emancipation in France and England

Bouten, J.

ISBN: 9788130716091, 8130716097

Cultural politics of modern India

Gudavarthy, Ajay

ISBN: 9789350023839, 9350023830

The book is about the representations, images and discourse and their interface with politics, including electoral and institutional. It traces the current processes in involving various subaltern groups including the Dalits, Muslims, OBCs, rural and urban poor and broadly argues that while they are gradually being included in the policy frame, they are also getting inextricably entangled into ...

Cultural practices and identity politics in Manipur, ed. by Lisham Henthoiba et al

ISBN: 9789351251439, 9351251438

Cultural sociology

Mandal, Bindeshwari Pd

ISBN: 9789380921549, 9380921543

Cultural sociology in practice

Lata, Prem

ISBN: 9788193920039, 8193920031

This book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life.

The gulf migrant archives in Kerala: reading borders and belonging

Karinkurayil, Mohamed Shafeeq

ISBN: 9780198908258, 0198908253

The Indian state of Kerala has one of the largest blocs of migrants in the oil economies of the Arab Gulf.

Cultural theory: the key concepts, ed. by Andrew Edgar et al., 2nd ed.

ISBN: 9780415791854, 0415791855

Providing clear and succinct introductions to a wide range of subjects, from feminism to postmodernism, this book continues to be an essential resource for students of literature, sociology, philosophy and media, and anyone wrestling with contemporary cultural theory.

Cultural traditions of Islam: its nature and growth

Grunebaum, GE Von

ISBN: 9788182902572, 8182902576

The cultural triangle of Sri Lanka

ISBN: 9789231028748, 923102874X

The culturalization of caste in India: identity and inequality in a multicultural age

Natrajan, Balmurli

ISBN: 9780415857864, 0415857864

Challenging dominant social theories of caste, this book addresses questions of how caste survives the system that gave rise to it and adapts to new demands of capitalism and democracy.

Culture

Highmore, Ben

ISBN: 9780415672740, 0415672740

A thought-provoking and engaging examination, the book is an ideal introductory text for students of media and cultural studies.;;

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