Women and work in precolonial India: a reader

by Vijaya Ramaswamy

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A compilation of ancient Indian texts with feminist perspectives on women's work.

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Full title :Women and work in precolonial India : a reader / edited by Vijaya Ramaswamy.

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A compilation of ancient Indian texts with feminist perspectives on women's work.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE
Place of Publication:Thousand Oaks, California
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9789351507420, 9351507424
oclc:ocn960902364
LC Classification:HQ1147.I4
Dewey Decimal:305.40954

Cover page; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Marketing page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section I: Women and the Household: Canonical Prescriptions and Their Feminist Critique; Chapter 1: The Daily Duties of Women; Chapter 2: Position and Status of Women in the Upaniṣads; Chapter 3: Woman in the Household; Chapter 4: Economic Rights of Ancient Indian Women; Chapter 5: Dynamics of Women's Work in the Śāstric Sources: Household and Beyond

Chapter 6: Tracking Economic Transitions: Tamil Women from Tribe to Caste and Changing Production RolesChapter 7: The Question of Women's 'Agency': Women, Work and Domesticity in Early Textual Traditions; Section II: Women and Work in Early Textual Traditions; Chapter 8: The Woman Worker; Chapter 9: Of Dasas and Karmakaras: Servile Labour in Ancient India; Chapter 10: Women and Work in Kautilīya's Arthaśāstra; Section III: Women and Economic Resources: Women's Property Rights; Chapter 11: Proprietary Rights during Coverture; Chapter 12: Proprietary Rights: Inheritance and Partition.

Chapter 13: The Legal Status of Women: Their Right of InheritanceChapter 14: Property Rights of Women in Anc…

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Femmes -- Conditions économiques. -- In… Femmes -- Conditions sociales. -- Inde Femmes -- Histoire. -- Inde History Inde -- Histoire India India -- History occupations Occupations -- History. -- India Professions -- Histoire. -- Inde SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race… SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies Women Women -- Economic conditions Women -- Economic conditions. -- India Women -- History. -- India Women -- Social conditions Women -- Social conditions. -- India