Dry wells and "deserted" women
Subtitle: gender, ecology and agency in rural India
By: Brinda Rao
Publisher: Indian Social Institute
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Poor women; Women; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Human ecology; Women in development; Ecology
Other titles: Gender, ecology, and agency in rural India.
Description: Study with special references to Pune District in Maharashtra, India.
Notes: Originally presented as the authors thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-166) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: women and ecological crisis in India --; title: Women, environment and development: a theoretical overview --; title: Deconstructing water scarcity, reconstructing rural women: gender, drought and the state --; title: Dwindling resources and rekindling struggles: the subjective dimensions of ecological crisis --; title: Conclusion: gender, ecology and agency.