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Author Snell-Rood, Claire Natalie, author

Title No one will let her live : women's struggle for well-being in a Delhi slum / Claire Snell-Rood
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015

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Contents Introduction: well-being and the self -- "You should live for others" : tensely sustaining families and selves -- Let the dirtiness go: managing relations with neighbors to protect the self -- "Getting ahead" as moral citizenship in the face of demolition -- To know the field : shaping the slum environment and cultivating the self
Summary "From family to community and politics, relationships establish the social conditions in which health is forged. The inequalities that structure these relationships have left the health of women living in urban poverty chronically vulnerable. Yet for women living in slums, there is no other option than to depend on someone. Based on fourteen months of intensive fieldwork in a Delhi slum, this book explores how women respond to the social inequalities that threaten their health by focusing on inner well-being. Women's strategies to cultivate their moral selves foster their mental health while enabling them to navigate unreliable relationships"--Provided by publisher
Analysis asceticism
citizenship
delhi slum
delhi
demolition
endurance
family
gender and women studies
gender studies
health
human condition
impoverished women
independence
india
inequality
mobility
moral citizenship
moral strategies
morality
neighbors
poor
poverty
public policy
relationships
selfhood
setting boundaries
slum environment
social services
survival
urban cities
urban slums
urban studies
urban
well being
women living in slums
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Poor women -- India -- Delhi -- Social conditions
Poor women -- Health and hygiene -- India -- Delhi
Well-being -- India -- Delhi
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
Poor women -- Health and hygiene
Poor women -- Social conditions
Well-being
India -- Delhi
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520960503
0520960505