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035 _a(OCoLC)ocm37303646
037 _bLibrary of Congress -- New Delhi Field Office
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050 0 0 _aGN635.S57
_bD82 1997
082 0 0 _a305.40954
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086 _aUNUP-922
_2undocs
100 1 _aDube, Leela.
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aWomen and kinship :
_bperspectives on gender in South and South-East Asia /
_cby Leela Dube.
264 1 _aTokyo ;
_aNew York :
_bUnited Nations University Press,
_c1997.
300 _ax, 214 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"UNUP-922"--T.p. verso.
500 _aIncludes index
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-210)
505 _a 1. Introduction -- 2. Kinship and family organization -- 3. Group membership, inheritance, and resource distribution -- 4. The management of female sexuality -- 5. The seclusion of women -- 6. Bodily processes and limitations on women -- 7. Women and living spaces -- 8. Residence -- 9. Marriage -- 10. Nutrition and discrimination -- 11. Gender and education -- 12. Conclusion.
520 _aThis is the first sustained effort to compare South and South-East Asia in respect of the situation of women. Arguing that kinship systems provide an important context in which gender relations are located, the study looks at three types of kinship system, found in their various forms in the two regions of Asia - predominantly patrilineal South Asia and predominantly bilateral South-East Asia, with a presence of matriliny in both.
650 0 _aWomen
_zSouth Asia.
650 0 _aKinship
_zSouth Asia.
650 0 _aGender identity
_zSouth Asia.
650 0 _aWomen
_zSoutheast Asia.
650 0 _aKinship
_zSoutheast Asia.
650 0 _aGender identity
_zSoutheast Asia.
710 2 _aUnited Nations University.
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/00708668-d.html
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