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A space of her own: personal narratives of twelve women

Book information

Publisher
SAGE
Year
2005
ISBN
0761933158, 9780761933151
Google Books ID
wT0cb0R_5-cC
Open Library ID
OL8029599M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1194894 bytes)
Pages
276\276
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Focusing on relationships between women of different generations in India, this book comprises of narratives demonstrating how each contributor established her own personhood through engagement with a wider kin group. Did the women portrayed in the narratives find space for themselves within orthodox structures? Or, were they so constrained by the social roles of the greatest importance to their families - as wives and mothers - that ending these roles meant some kind of death? How did their lives mould those of the narrators of these life histories? Showing that women need not always be seen as victims, these are stories of women who found strength, success and independence from the inspiring lives of their mothers and grandmothers.

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