Women, Education, and Family Structure in India

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• Women, Education, and Family Structure in India *
• Women, Education, and Family Structure in India *
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• 1: Introduction and Theoretical Overview 1
• Part One Education and the Patrifocal Family *
• 2: Social Change or Social Reform *
• 3: Woman's Nature and Access to Education in Bengal 59
• 4: Arranging Marriages 83
• 5: Family Structure and Indian Women's Participation in Science and Engineering 103
• Part Two Complexity and Change 132
• 6: Schooling for What? the Cultural and Social Context of Women's Education in a South Indian Muslim Family *
• 7: Women, Marriage, and Educational Change in Bhubaneswar, India 165
• Part Three Education as Challenge to the Patrifocal Family *
• 8: Asset and Liability *
• 9: College Women's Aspirations 213

• Women, Education, and Family Structure in India *
• Women, Education, and Family Structure in India *
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• 1: Introduction and Theoretical Overview 1
• Part One Education and the Patrifocal Family *
• 2: Social Change or Social Reform *
• 3: Woman's Nature and Access to Education in Bengal 59
• 4: Arranging Marriages 83
• 5: Family Structure and Indian Women's Participation in Science and Engineering 103
• Part Two Complexity and Change 132
• 6: Schooling for What? the Cultural and Social Context of Women's Education in a South Indian Muslim Family *
• 7: Women, Marriage, and Educational Change in Bhubaneswar, India 165
• Part Three Education as Challenge to the Patrifocal Family *
• 8: Asset and Liability *
• 9: College Women's Aspirations 213
• About the Book *
• About the Editors and Contributors 237
• Index 239