Gender, Caste, And Class In Rural South India
by
Karin Kapadia
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2019
A study of the impact of caste and class on conceptions of gender, this book focuses on the lower castes/classes of South India. Examining the lives and work of ‘untouchable’ women in a village in Tamilnadu, the author explores the recently articulated critique of feminism that race, caste, and class may be more important factors than gender in a p