PART ONE: GENERAL 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ASSAMESE SOCIETY AND WOMEN: ANOUTUNE 3. GUWAHATI: THE SETTING PART TWO: PROFILES OF THE SINGLE WOMEN 4. SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF THE SINGLE WOMEN 5. SINGLE STATUS THROUGH WIDOWHOOD 6. SINGLE STATUS THROUGH BROKEN MARRIAGE 7. THE UNMARRIED AS SINGLE WOMEN PART THREE: SOCIAL HORIZON OF THE SINGLE WOMEN 8. UVING ARRANGEMENTS 9. THE WORK SITUATION 10. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS 11. SINGLE WOMEN AND LEGAL PROVISIONS 12. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS Appendices Glossary References Index Maps and Figures
The Book Is A Highly Valuable Addition To The Growing Literature In The Discipline Of Women S Studies In India. Its Distinctness Consists In Analysing And Evaluating Literature By (Indian) Women In English And Their Representation In Such Literature From Theoretical Angles Available. The Editorial Is A Critique Of Western Feminist Models As Well As A Theory-Information Vis-À-Vis The Indian Social Reality. Prof. R.S. Singh S Scholarly Article Deals With Women S Theory In Practice And The Problems And Issues Involved In Such An Enterprise. Alladi Uma Explores Methodological Alternatives Available For Reading A Text While Santosh Gupta Portrays Self-Fulfilment And Identity-Crisis As Syndromes In The Novels Of The Eighties And Nineties Written By Women. Ranjana Harish S Article Diligently Makes Use Of Elaine Showalter S Categories While Exploring The Multi-Faceted Aspects Of Indian Women S Autobiographies. Sunanda Mongia Explores Epistemologies Of The Representation Of Women. Jharana Sanyal S Unpretentious Article Discusses The Lesser Known Poems Of The Well Known Poets: Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, Kamla Das, Gauri Deshpande, Among Others. Krishna Mohan Shows How Women S Identity Has Been Undergoing Transformations (Metonymies Of Self) In The Postmodern Era. Prof. P.P. Sharma S Article Is Wide Ranging In Tracing Causal Links Between Women S Oppression And Patriarchy. Prof. R.S. Pathak S Highly Scholarly Article Traces The Linguistic Equivalents To The (Unconscious) Female Psyche.This Book Pioneers The Cause Of Women S Theory Not In Isolation But In Relation To Its Praxis.
