Title: In the absence of their men : the impact of male migration on women /
Authors: Gulati, Leela.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Women heads of households India Kerala.; Women India Kerala Social conditions.; Kerala (India) Emigration and immigration.
Contents: I. Introduction -- II. The Locale They Migrate from -- III. The Women Left Behind: Ten Profiles. 1. Hameeda: The wife of an early migrant. 2. Rehana: The bride left behind a week after the wedding. 3. Sultana: The divorcee. 4. Zeenat: The unlettered entrepreneur. 5. Nafisa: The literate but totally marginalized woman. 6. Kamala: The widowed mother. 7. Madhavi: The tribal wife. 8. Sheila: The low caste Christian wife. 9. Vimala: The harijan mother. 10. Kumari: The carpenter's wife -- IV. Coping With Male Migration -- V. Concluding Observations -- Appendix 1 Migration to West Asia -- Appendix 2 A Statistical Profile of Migrants and Migrant Families.