000			01092nam a22002297a 4500
999			_c37571 _d37571
020			_a9781349960101
041			_aEnglish
082			_a305.420954 _bOBE-R
100			_aObeng, Pashington _eauthor.
245			_aRural women's power in South Asia : _bUnderstanding shakti / _cPashington Obeng
260			_aUK : _bPalgrave macmillan, _c2014.
300			_axiii, 186p.
504			_aInclude bibliography and index.
520			_aThis book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia.
546			_aEnglish.
650			_a Rural women _xSocial conditions. _zSouth Asia.
650			_aRural women _xGovernment policy _zSouth Asia.
650			_aWomen in rural development _zSouth Asia.
650			_aSocial structure _z South Asia.
650			_aSouth Asia _zRural conditions.
942			_2ddc _cBK