United States: Oxford University Press Inc, 1994. Map, 214pp, glossary, bibliography, index, very good paperback copy. Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral pyre and thus became sati. Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings and curses: blessings to..... More
New Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1994. First Indian edition. Black and white illustrations, xiv + 260pp, index, bibliography, appendices, glossary, price-clipped dustjacket with sunned spine and lightly worn extremities, good hardback copy. "In the present work, the authoress explores the relationship between caste and gender in the narratives of Rajput women..... More
New Delhi. SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd., 2012. Map, xxxi + 182pp, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Even as they produce food for society and its people, lives dependent on agriculture are barely able to make ends meet. The cost of food production far outweighs the..... More
United Kingdom. Taylor & Francis Ltd., 1993. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 153pp, index, paperback, a good copy. An essential addition to the postcolonial debate which offers a challenging mode of 'reading resistance' which destroys the stereotyped and sensationalised humanist image of the 'third world woman' as victim..... More
Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 1996. 301pp, bibliography, index, good hardback copy in dustjacket. Three newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Collection of eight essays which examine the lives and teachings of female saints throughout history. This book also examines general principles regarding the worship of Krishma and how such principles impact on the..... More
Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 1975. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, 205pp, index, references, notes, appendices, bookplate front free endpaper, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, dustjacket worn and a little faded, a clean and sound copy. 22 x 15cm. "The revealing study illuminates the disparity between the..... More
London. Tavistock. 1983. Maps, 226pp, glossary, indices, paperback, some underlining in both biro and pencil, neat name of a prior owner front free endpaper. "Based on fieldwork conducted by the author in two Indian villages, this book contains substantial new ethnographic material on the lives of rural Indian women, from..... More
