Author Meneses, Eloise Hiebert
Title Love and revolutions : market women and social change in India / Eloise Hiebert Meneses
Imprint Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2007
book jacket
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OPACMSG BARCODE
 Mo  305.420954 M543    AVAILABLE    30550100414588
 Ethnology Library  HQ1742 .M44 2007    AVAILABLE    30520020697935
Descript xi, 204 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and index
Introduction -- Market life -- Family and social mobility -- Caste and religion -- Love and the other -- History of untouchability -- Women in Hindu society -- Religion and the state -- Entering the global market -- Love God : heart, soul, and mind
Subject Poor women -- India -- Social conditions
Hindu women -- India -- Social conditions
Women merchants -- India -- Social conditions
Poor women -- India -- Attitudes
Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Dalits -- India -- Social conditions
Social change -- India
Caste -- India -- History
Caste -- Religious aspects -- Christianity