TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deka,Meeta
TI  - Women's agency and social change: Assam and beyond 
T2  - Sage studies on India's North East
SN  - 9788132116547
AV  - HQ1236.5.I4 
U1  - 305.40954 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - SAGE Publications
KW  - Women
KW  - India
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Social change
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Inde
KW  - Activité politique
KW  - Féminisme
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Minority Studies
KW  - fast
KW  - Gender & Ethnic Studies
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Gender Studies & Sexuality
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover ; Contents; Foreword ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1 -- Women and Society ; 2 -- Women and Law ; 3 -- Women and Economy: Marginalization, Alienation and Agency ; 4 -- Changing Patriarchy and Women's Space in Politics ; 5 -- Conclusion ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author
N2  - Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Agency and Social Change: Assam and Beyond focuses on varied oppression, power relations and ideologies embedded in the complex yet interdependent social, political, economic and legal structures, and womenâ#x80;#x99;s subordination therein. British intervention, 1826â#x80;#x93;1947, by itself did not impact the agency aspect on women directly, but the emergence of new forces and factors sowed the seeds of womenâ#x80;#x99;s agency to impact social change, even if minimal. In the post-Independence period, British colonial legacy perpetuated the subordination of women through caste and class hierarchy at seve
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