1st Edition
Gender, 'Race' and Patriarchy A Study of South Asian Women
By Kalwant Bhopal
Copyright 1997
219 Pages
by
Routledge
219 Pages
by
Routledge
219 Pages
by
Routledge
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The book offers one of the first detailed studies of South Asian women, it provides new empirical data on the issues apparent in South Asian women's lives by 'giving voice' to a group of women who would otherwise remain silent. It is based upon an ethnographic study of a small South Asian community in an inner city. The book offers a new and compelling account of South Asian women, as well as... Read more
1. Introduction. 2. The Study of Gender and ‘Race’. 3. Gender and Patriarchy. 4. Arranged Marriages. 5. Dowries. 6. Domestic Labour. 7. Domestic Finance. 8. Education, Employment and Marital Status. 9. Conclusions.
Biography
Kalwant Bhopal
’This book is an important theoretical and substantive contribution to current debates on ethnicity and gender...a well integrated, clearly argued and interesting book.’ Ethnic and Racial Studies
