Title A field of one's own : gender and land rights in South Asia / Bina Agarwal

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description xxi, 572 pages : maps ; 24 cm Series Cambridge South Asian studies Cambridge South Asian studies. Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- l. Land rights for women: making the case -- 2. Conceptualizing gender relations -- 3. Customary rights and associated practices -- 4. Erosion and disinheritance: traditionally matrilineal and bilateral communities today -- 5. Contemporary law: contestation and content -- 6. Whose share? Who claims? The gap between law and practice -- 7. Whose land? Who commands? The gap between ownership and control -- 8. Tracing cross-regional diversities -- 9. Struggles over resources, struggles over meanings -- l0. The long march ahead Summary An analysis of gender and property throughout South Asia which argues that the most important economic factor affecting women is the gender gap in command over property Analysis Land Tenure South-East Asia Land Tenure South-East Asia Land Tenure South-East Asia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 510-552) and index Subject Land reform -- Southeast Asia. Land tenure -- Southeast Asia. Land reform -- South Asia. Land tenure -- South Asia. Right of property -- Southeast Asia. Right of property -- Soth Asia Right of property -- South Asia. Rural women -- Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions. Rural women -- Southeast Asia -- Social conditions. Rural women -- South Asia. Women's rights -- Southeast Asia. Women's rights -- South Asia. SUBJECT Asia, Southeastern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008627 -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646 South Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125541 -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646 LC no. 93037621 ISBN 0521418682 (hardback) 0521429269 (paperback)

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