Living the body : embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India /
Thapan, Meenakshi.
Living the body : embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India / Meenakshi Thapan. - New Delhi, India : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications India ; SAGE, 2009. - xxi, 190 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-184) and index.
Introduction: An engagement with the sociology of embodiment -- Embodiment, identity and womanhood -- Cultures of adolescence -- Embodiment and womanhood in Femina -- The body in the mirror : embodiment, violence and identity -- The body as a weapon : embodiment, work and identity -- Aporiai of resistance.
9788178299013 (hard back) 8178299011 (hard back)
Gender identity--India.
Human body--Social aspects--India.
Sex role--India.
Women--History.--India
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Living the body : embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India / Meenakshi Thapan. - New Delhi, India : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications India ; SAGE, 2009. - xxi, 190 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-184) and index.
Introduction: An engagement with the sociology of embodiment -- Embodiment, identity and womanhood -- Cultures of adolescence -- Embodiment and womanhood in Femina -- The body in the mirror : embodiment, violence and identity -- The body as a weapon : embodiment, work and identity -- Aporiai of resistance.
9788178299013 (hard back) 8178299011 (hard back)
Gender identity--India.
Human body--Social aspects--India.
Sex role--India.
Women--History.--India
306.4