| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
x, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Reveals the lives of India's women of all social classes, the Indian women's movement, population control and other issues affecting womens' lives. |
| Subject |
Women -- India.
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India -- Social conditions -- 1947-
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Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1947
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Bumiller, Elisabeth. May you be the mother of a hundred sons. 1st ed. New York : Random House, ©1990 (OCoLC)654558155 |
| ISBN |
0394563913 |
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9780394563916 |
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