May you be the mother of a hundred sons :
Bumiller, Elisabeth.
May you be the mother of a hundred sons : a journey among the women of India / Elisabeth Bumiller. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c1990. - x, 306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
0394563913 9780394563916
89027120
Women--India.
India--Social conditions--1947-
HQ1742 / .B86 1990
May you be the mother of a hundred sons : a journey among the women of India / Elisabeth Bumiller. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c1990. - x, 306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
0394563913 9780394563916
89027120
Women--India.
India--Social conditions--1947-
HQ1742 / .B86 1990