• ISBN13: 9789351507413
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: SAGE India
• Publication Date: May 12, 2016
• Pages: 484
• Original Price: 1195.0 INR
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 771 grams

<p class="AUTHORAI"> A compilation of ancient Indian texts with feminist perspectives on women&rsquo;s work</strong><br /> <br /> Women and work&nbsp;is an important dimension of the ongoing debate on gender parity. This book is a compilation of essays related to traditional perceptions of women&rsquo;s work juxtaposed with recent feminist writings on women&rsquo;s space in India&rsquo;s labour history. The essays highlight the points and counterpoints of the ongoing debate on the nature, quantification and monetary valuation of women&rsquo;s work. <p class="AUTHORAI">Beginning with writings on the theme of women and work, and going on to historically plot women&rsquo;s agency in labour processes, this book seeks to provide a panoramic survey of women and work in precolonial India. It is an endeavour to salvage the available data on women&rsquo;s work&mdash;paid and unpaid as well as visible and less visible&mdash;in order to highlight their contribution and indicate the changes in women&rsquo;s labour history.&nbsp; <p class="AUTHORAI"> <div>&nbsp;</div>