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Bengali Women

Bengali Women

Roy, Manisha

Paperback

AnthropologyWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0226730433
ISBN13: 9780226730431
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Dec 1 1992
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Drawing 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 the erosion of traditional religious practices.

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