Women and Work in South Asia

Regional Patterns and Perspectives

By: Deipica Bagchi (Editor), Saraswati Raju (Editor)

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Hardcover | 6 January 1994 | Edition Number 1

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Women's work in South Asia often remains invisible in official statistics and development research. This is partly due to the inadequacy of the national data systems and partly because existing sociocultural constraints restrict women's participation in economic activities outside the domain of the family. The pattern of female labour participation in South Asia has distinct spatial dimension which cannot be explained in terms of economic rationale alone; the region-specific context defining women's roles remains vitally important. This book integrates different scales of analysis and methodologies with indigenous and Western contributors combining macro and micro studies. Highlighting the 'public' and private' domains of women's work, the book discusses both the inadequacies of nationally published data at an aggregate level and regional and locally-induced religious, cultural and societal contraints on gender relations. Setting contextually specific studies within a broader geographical framework Women and Work in South Asia explores the real connection between female autonomy and economic independence.

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..."a valuable collection of studies by social geographers, economists, and anthropologists who have gone beyond aggregate statistics and gender stereotypes to document patterns of female labor participation in various South Asian nations....the editors...also provide a useful review of many of the theoretical complexities that characterize informal and "invisible" labor."-"CHOICE ..."a welcome addition to the study of "women's work.""-"Journal of Gender Studies

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