A field of one's own : gender and land rights in South Asia / Bina Agarwal.

By:

Agarwal, Bina

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge South Asian studiesPublication details: New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 1996.Description: xxi, 572 p. : ill. , maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9788185618647 (pbk.)

Other title:

Field of one's own : gender and land rights in South Asia [Portion of title]

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DDC classification:

323.460954 AGA 23 000910

Contents:

Machine derived contents note: 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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	323.460959 AGA 000910 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	01/01/2024	000910

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: 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

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