House and home in Maharashtra

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House and home in Maharashtra

edited by Irina Glushkova, Anne Feldhaus

Oxford University Press, 1998

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Summary: Contributed articles presented at the Sixth International Conference on 'Maharashtra: Culture and Society' in Moscow, Russia, during May 1995

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241) and index

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This interdisciplinary collection of essays offers insights into women's worlds--for many centuries confined to house and home--and into the intricate evolution of familial and social relationships, behavior and language patterns, and architectural types. The book draws on fields including gender studies, social anthropology, religious studies, sociology, ancient history, and linguistics.

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