Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities. A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered
Ruwanpura, Kanchana N (2006) Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities. A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered , Ann Arbor, USA, University of Michigan Press, 256pp.
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A study of Muslim, Sinhala, and Tamil households in Sri Lanka that examines the commonality of the patriarchal structures and economic problems in such households
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Additional Information: | The rise of women-headed households in Sri Lanka has been attributed to the war. The books’ central importance is to challenge conventional wisdom by uncovering the multiple routes to female-headship across ethnic groups. The fieldwork also contests standard accounts that uphold Sri Lanka as an exemplar of egalitarian human development. |
| ISBNs: | 0472099779 (hardback) 0472069772 (paperback) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Geography > Economy, Culture, Space University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Geography |
| Item ID: | 47107 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 12:08 |
| Contributors: | Ruwanpura, Kanchana N (Author) |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Additional Information: | The rise of women-headed households in Sri Lanka has been attributed to the war. The books’ central importance is to challenge conventional wisdom by uncovering the multiple routes to female-headship across ethnic groups. The fieldwork also contests standard accounts that uphold Sri Lanka as an exemplar of egalitarian human development. |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/47107 |
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