A field of one's own: gender and land rights in South Asia/ Bina Agarwal
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: xxi, 572 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9788185618647Subject(s): Right of property | Land reform | Land tenure | Rural women | Women's rightsDDC classification: 323Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University (Yangang Campus) General Book Section | 323 AGA/A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P08166 |
l. Land rights for women: making the case--
2. Conceptualizing gender relations--
3. Customary rights and associated practices--
4. Erosion and disinheritance: traditionally matrilineal and bilateral communities today--
5. Contemporary law: contestation and content--
6. Whose share? Who claims? The gap between law and practice--
7. Whose land? Who commands? The gap between ownership and control--
8. Tracing cross-regional diversities--
9. Struggles over resources, struggles over meanings--
l0. The long march ahead.
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