Women and kinship
Subtitle: comparative perspectives on gender in South and South-East Asia
By: by Leela Dube.
Contributors: United Nations University.
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Women -- South Asia; Kinship -- South Asia; Gender identity -- South Asia; Women -- Southeast Asia; Kinship -- Asia, Southeastern; Gender identity -- Asia, Southeastern
Description: This is the first sustained effort to compare South and South-East Asia in respect of the situation of women. Arguing that kinship systems provide an important context in which gender relations are located, the study looks at three types of kinship system, found in their various forms in the two regions of Asia - predominantly patrilineal South Asia and predominantly bilateral South-East Asia, with a presence of matriliny in both.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-210) and index.
"UNUP-922"--T.p. verso.