TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rege, Sharmila.
TI  - Sociology of gender: the challenge of feminist sociological knowledge
SN  - 9780761997054
U1  - 305.420954 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Women--Social conditions
KW  - India
KW  - Feminist theory
N1  - Introduction: Feminist challenge to sociology: disenchanting sociology or 'For sociology'? / Sharmila Rege --

PART I. CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN FEMINISM, ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY --
Feminist social theories: theme and variations / Beatrice Kachuck --
Problems with patriarchy: conceptual issues in anthropology and feminism / Patricia Uberoi --

PART II. GENDER AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS --
Section A: Family, marriage and kinship --
Single- and dual-earner couples: economic status and marital power / G.N. Ramu --
Who gains from matriliny? Men, women and change on a lakshadweep Island / Leela Dube --
Gender and the Khasi family structure: the Meghalaya succession to Self-acquired Property Act, 1984 / Tiplut Nongbri --
The impact of Egyptian male migration on urban families: 'feminization of the Egyptian family' or a reaffirmation of traditional gender roles / Homa Hoodfar --
Section B: Work --
Women and development: a profile of active agricultural producers / Raj Mohini Sethi --
Female participation in farm work in central Kerala / C.V. Kala --
Joiners and non-joiners: a city suburb and its women's club / Pat Caplan --
Section C: Education --
Female sexuality and education of Hindu girls in India / Karuna Chanana --
Unequal schooling and reproduction of social inequality in India / Padma Velaskar --
Section D: State --
Gender in the making of the Indian nation-state / Maitrayee Chaudhuri --
Bodies of evidence, bodies of rule: the Ilbert Bill, revivalism and age of consent in Colonial India / Judith Whitehead --
Dalit struggle, nude worship and the 'Chandragutti incident' / Linda J. Epp
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