India's Working Women and Career Discourses: Society, Socialization, and Agency

by Suchitra Shenoy-Packer

This book examines Indian women's perception of their work and family lives at the intersection of postmodernity and tradition through the lenses of society, socialization, and agency. In interviews with seventy-seven women, this book demonstrates how India's daughters make personal and professional choices that privilege families over careers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739184776
• ISBN13: 9780739184776
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"