Arguing with the crocodile :
White, Sarah C.
Arguing with the crocodile : gender and class in Bangladesh / Sarah C. White. - London, Atlantic Highlands, N.J. ; Dhaka : Zed Books ; University Press, c1992. - vi,186 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Online version:
White, Sarah C.
Arguing with the crocodile.
London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, c1992
(OCoLC)654455283
Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-182) and index.
1. Penelope's Web. The field research --
2. Targeting Women. Gender and the Bangladeshi state. Research on Women in Bangladesh. Separate spheres? --
3. The Village of Kumirpur. Classing the village. Divisions and alignments --
4. Scatter with One Hand: Gather with Two. A changing environment. Land ownership. Share-cropping. Agricultural labour. Credit --
5. An Enterprise Culture. Small business in Kumirpur. Women in the market. Friends and neighbours --
6. Links in a Chain. Marriage arrangement. Marriage payments. Household structure and kin celebration. A negative case --
7. You Can't Get Ghee Out with a Straight Finger. Managing the Household. Women's 'personal' assets and income. Land and property. Approaching power --
8. Tracing the Shadows. Tracing the Shadows. Towards a new consciousness --
Appendix A: Glossary of non-English words and Acronyms --
Appendix B: Case Study Households. TOC
1856490858 (cloth) 1856490866 (pbk.) 9781856490856
92017852
Rural women--Bangladesh.
Rural women--Bangladesh--Kumirpur.
Social classes--Bangladesh.
Social classes--Bangladesh--Kumirpur.
HQ1745.6 / .W54 1992
305.42095492 / WHA 1992
Arguing with the crocodile : gender and class in Bangladesh / Sarah C. White. - London, Atlantic Highlands, N.J. ; Dhaka : Zed Books ; University Press, c1992. - vi,186 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Online version:
White, Sarah C.
Arguing with the crocodile.
London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, c1992
(OCoLC)654455283
Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-182) and index.
1. Penelope's Web. The field research --
2. Targeting Women. Gender and the Bangladeshi state. Research on Women in Bangladesh. Separate spheres? --
3. The Village of Kumirpur. Classing the village. Divisions and alignments --
4. Scatter with One Hand: Gather with Two. A changing environment. Land ownership. Share-cropping. Agricultural labour. Credit --
5. An Enterprise Culture. Small business in Kumirpur. Women in the market. Friends and neighbours --
6. Links in a Chain. Marriage arrangement. Marriage payments. Household structure and kin celebration. A negative case --
7. You Can't Get Ghee Out with a Straight Finger. Managing the Household. Women's 'personal' assets and income. Land and property. Approaching power --
8. Tracing the Shadows. Tracing the Shadows. Towards a new consciousness --
Appendix A: Glossary of non-English words and Acronyms --
Appendix B: Case Study Households. TOC
1856490858 (cloth) 1856490866 (pbk.) 9781856490856
92017852
Rural women--Bangladesh.
Rural women--Bangladesh--Kumirpur.
Social classes--Bangladesh.
Social classes--Bangladesh--Kumirpur.
HQ1745.6 / .W54 1992
305.42095492 / WHA 1992