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A field of one's own : Gender and land rights in South Asia
Agarwal Bina
A field of one's own : Gender and land rights in South Asia - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994 - 572p xv
Table of contents
Preface;
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.
9780521429269
1. Women Studies - Philosophy - Rights 2. Land Tenure - South Asia 3. Land reforms - South Asia 4. Women rights - South Asia 5. Rural Women - Conditions - South Asia
323.460000 / AGA-2
A field of one's own : Gender and land rights in South Asia - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994 - 572p xv
Table of contents
Preface;
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.
9780521429269
1. Women Studies - Philosophy - Rights 2. Land Tenure - South Asia 3. Land reforms - South Asia 4. Women rights - South Asia 5. Rural Women - Conditions - South Asia
323.460000 / AGA-2