Siva and Her Sisters: Gender, Caste, and Class in Rural South India

By Karin Kapadia

This book examines two subordinated groups untouchables? and women?in a village in Tamilnadu, South India. The lives and work of ?untouchable? women in this village provide a unique analytical focus that clarifies the ways in which three axes of identity?gender, caste, and class?are constructed in South India. Karin Kapadia argues that subordinate

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367317958
• ISBN13: 9780367317959
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"