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Rao, Brinda

Dry wells and "deserted" women: gender, ecology, and agency in rural India/ Brinda Rao. - New Delhi : Indian Social Institute, c1996 . - viii, 175 p. ; 22 cm.

Revision of the author's dissertation (Ph. D.--University of California).
Revision of the author's dissertation (Ph. D.--University of California, Santa Cruz)
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.


Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-166) and index.

Introduction: women and ecological crisis in India -- Women, environment and development: a theoretical overview -- Deconstructing water scarcity, reconstructing rural women: gender, drought and the state -- Dwindling resources and rekindling struggles: the subjective dimensions of ecological crisis -- Conclusion: gender, ecology and agency. .





Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women -- India -- Pune (District) -- Social conditions.
Women in development -- India -- Pune (District)
Ecology -- India.
Ecology
Women in development.
Women -- Social conditions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India -- Pune (District)
India.

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4 / RAO/D