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Confronting saffron demography : religion, fertility, and women's status in India /

rawing on over 20 years of field-level research in rural Uttar Pradesh, these essays challenge Hindutva myths about Muslims in India. Communalist discourses often portray Muslims as ‘backward’ because of purdah, polygamy, illiteracy, high fertility and low women’s status. The authors highlight the f...

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Autore principale: Jeffery, Patricia
Altri autori: Jeffery, Roger
Natura: Printed Book
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Gurgaon : Three Essays Collective, 2006.
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University of Calicut

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Collocazione: 304.609542 JEF/C
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