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100 1 _aRoy, Manisha,
_d1936-
245 1 0 _aBengali women
_h[electronic resource] /
_cManisha Roy ; with a new afterword.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c1992.
300 _a1 online resource (xvii, 213 p.) :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206) and index.
505 0 _aForeward; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Childhood and Adolescence; 3. Marriage; 4. Later Years and Old Age; 5. Conclusions; 6. Afterword; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.
520 _aDrawing on personal experiences and interviews with others, Roy explores the frustrations and rewards in the lives of Hindu Bengali women in upper and upper-middle class families in India. Roy traces the psychological dimensions of these women as they play their specific roles, including daughter, wife, mother, and sister-in-law. In a new Afterword, Roy discusses changes in Bengali society and culture over the last two decades which have direct bearings on women's lives: divorce and the breakup of the joint family, education, increasing Westernization via television and women's magazines, and.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aWomen
_zIndia
_zWest Bengal.
650 0 _aHindu women
_zIndia
_zWest Bengal.
650 0 _aUpper class
_zIndia
_zWest Bengal.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE
_xFeminism & Feminist Theory.
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aRoy, Manisha, 1936-
_tBengali women.
_dChicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992
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