Table of Contents

Foreword by KARUNA CHANANA - Karuna Chanana
Preface
Introduction: The Feminist Challenge to Sociology: Disenchanting Sociology or ′For Sociology′? - Sharmila Rege
PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN FEMINISM, ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
Feminist Social Theories - Beatrice Kachuck
Themes and Variations
Problems with Patriarchy - Patricia Uberoi
Conceptual Issues in Anthropology and Feminism
PART TWO: GENDER AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Section A: Family, Marriage and Kinship
Single-and Dual-Earner Couples - G N Ramu
Economic Status and Marital Power
Who Gains from Matriliny? - Leela Dube
Men, Women and Change on a Lakshadweep Island
Gender and the Khasi Family Structure - Tiplut Nongbri
The Meghalaya Succession to Self-Acquainted Property Act, 1984
′Feminization of the Egyptian Family′ - Homa Hoodfar
Impact of Egyptian Male Migration on Urban Families
Section B: Work
Women and Development - Raj Mohini Sethi
A Profile of Active Agricultural Producers
Female Participation in Farm Work in Central Kerala - C V Kala
Joiners and Non-Joiners - Pat Caplan
A City Suburb and Its Women′s Club
Section C: Education
Female Sexuality and Education of Hindu Girls in India - Karuna Chanana
Unequal Schooling and Social Inequality in India - Padma Velaskar
Section D: State
Gender in the Making of the Indian Nation-State - Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Bodies of Evidence, Bodies of Rule - Judith Whitehead
The Ilbert Bill, Revivalism, and Age of Consent in Colonial India
Dalit Struggle, Nude Worship, and the ′Chandragutti Incident′ - Linda J Epp
Index