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May you be the mother of a hundred sons : a journey among the women of India / Elisabeth Bumiller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, c1990.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0394563913
  • 9780394563916
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: May you be the mother of a hundred sons.LOC classification:
  • HQ1742 .B86 1990
Contents:
Arrival and introduction -- Wedding first, love later : Arranged marriage among the educated classes -- Flames : A bride burning and a sati -- Beyond the veil : The women of the village of Khajuron -- No more little girls : Female infanticide among the poor of Tamil Nadu and sex-selective abortion among the rich of Bombay -- Towards equality : The Indian women's movement -- "Indira is India, and India is Indira": Mrs. Gandhi and her legacy for Indian women in politics -- Rekha, Dimple, Sridevi and friends : The actresses of Bombay -- Poets and revolutionaries : Three women of Calcutta -- Her own place in the sun : A professional woman and housewife -- "Small family, happy family": The lessons of population control -- Departure and conclusion.
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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 305.40954 B941M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBN-OCT/2016 055086

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-295) and index.

Arrival and introduction -- Wedding first, love later : Arranged marriage among the educated classes -- Flames : A bride burning and a sati -- Beyond the veil : The women of the village of Khajuron -- No more little girls : Female infanticide among the poor of Tamil Nadu and sex-selective abortion among the rich of Bombay -- Towards equality : The Indian women's movement -- "Indira is India, and India is Indira": Mrs. Gandhi and her legacy for Indian women in politics -- Rekha, Dimple, Sridevi and friends : The actresses of Bombay -- Poets and revolutionaries : Three women of Calcutta -- Her own place in the sun : A professional woman and housewife -- "Small family, happy family": The lessons of population control -- Departure and conclusion.

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