Off the Beaten Track: Rethinking Gender Justice for Indian Women

by Madhu Kishwar and Madhu Purnima Kishwar

Book Overview

This book presents some of Madhu Kishwar's best essays which each tackle a topic of vital concern for Indian women today. Topics include dowry, unwanted daughers, the denial of co-ownership rights to wives, women's land rights, love and marriage, sexual harassment, living indentities vs. acquired ones, and the politics of beauty contests.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195648161
• ISBN13: 9780195648164
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"