Sita's daughters : coming out of Purdah : the Rajput women of Khalapur revisited /

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Leigh Minturn in this work recounts the dramatic changes in the role and status of Indian women in the Rajput caste of Khalapur that have taken place between 1955 and 1975. She explains the relationship of these changes to the decline in the observance of a complex system of customs collectively cal...

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Main Author: Minturn, Leigh
Other Authors: Kapoor, Swaran
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Caste > India > Khalapur.
Dowry > India > Khalapur.
Purdah > India > Khalapur.
Women, Rajput > Family relationships > India > Khalapur.
Women, Rajput > India > Khalapur > Economic conditions.
Women, Rajput > India > Khalapur > Social conditions.
Khalapur (India) > Religious life and customs.
Khalapur (India) > Social life and customs.
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