Religion and gender in the developing world
Subtitle: faith-based organizations and feminism in India
By: Tamsin Bradley
Series: Library of development studies -- v. 2; Library of development studies (London, England) -- v. 2.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781848854277
Subjects: Women in development; Social conditions; Women and religion; Non-governmental organizations; Women
Description: "Faith-based development organizations have become a central part of the lives of the women of rural Rajasthan, and have come to represent an important aspect of both individual and collective identities. And yet, religious teachings continue to be used to exclude women from public decision making forums and render them vulnerable to increasing levels of domestic violence. In a unique multi-disciplinary approach, combining a range of subjects, particularly gender studies, Bradley provides a unique study of the contradictory and complex role of development organisations and faith organizations in the lives of women in rural Rajasthan. This book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers involved in various fields, including those of Development Studies, Religion, Gender Studies and Social Anthropology."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-267) and index.