Bengali women:
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Main Author: Roy, Manisha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 1992
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index
Foreward; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Childhood and Adolescence; 3. Marriage; 4. Later Years and Old Age; 5. Conclusions; 6. Afterword; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Drawing on personal experiences and interviews with others, Roy explores the frustrations and rewards in the lives of Hindu Bengali women in upper and upper-middle class families in India. Roy traces the psychological dimensions of these women as they play their specific roles, including daughter, wife, mother, and sister-in-law. In a new Afterword, Roy discusses changes in Bengali society and culture over the last two decades which have direct bearings on women's lives: divorce and the breakup of the joint family, education, increasing Westernization via television and women's magazines, and
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 213 pages)
ISBN:0226230449
9780226230443
9780226730431

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