Description |
343 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Foreword / Judith Mbula Bahemuka -- 1. Introduction: Shifting Circles of Support / Carla Risseeuw and Rajni Palriwala -- 2. Marriage - From Rule to Rarity? Changing Gender Relations in Botswana / Francien van Driel -- 3. State Formation and Transformation in Gender Relations and Kinship in Colonial Sri Lanka /Carla Risseeuw -- 4. Gender, Kinship and the Control of Resources in Colonial Southern Ghana / Dzodzi Tsikata -- 5. Women's Rights and the Decline of Matriliny in Southern India / K. Saradamoni -- 6. Who Gains from Matriliny? Men, Women and Change on an Indian Island / Leela Dube -- 7. Negotiating Patriliny: Intra-household Consumption and Authority in Northwest India / Rajni Palriwala -- 8. Women's Position and Fertility: The Case of the Asians in Kenya / Parveen Walji Moloo -- 9. Family Rights in Kenya: A Preliminary Examination of the Legal Framework / Kivutha Kibwana |
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10. State Intervention in the Family: A Case-study of the Child Maintenance Law in Botswana / Athaliah Molokomme -- 11. Gender Relations in the Family: Law and Public Policy in Post-colonial Sri Lanka / Savitri Goonesekere |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Kinship -- Africa, Sub-Sahara -- Case studies
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Kinship -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies.
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Sex role -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies.
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Women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
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Sex role -- Africa, Sub-Sahara -- Case studies
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Women -- Africa, Sub-Sahara -- Social conditions -- Case studies
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Kinship -- Africa, Sub-Sahara -- Case stvdies
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Kinship -- South Asia -- Case studies.
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Sex role -- South Asia -- Case studies.
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Women -- South Asia -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
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Author |
Palriwala, Rajni, 1955-
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Risseeuw, Carla.
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LC no. |
95030053 |
ISBN |
0803992750 |
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8170365074 India-HB |
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