About the Book: Contemporary Indian Society: A Gendered Perspective
This volume has addressed a wide array of current social issues and problems
relevant to women in India from a sociological standpoint and a gendered
perspective. Depicting a mix of qualitative and quantitative, empirical and
theoretical in their nature; the twelve studies incorporated in this volume
cover issues such as Significance of Gender Studies, Muslim Womens Activism,
Women in Conflict Situation, Womens Individuality and Development, Witch
Hunting, Womens Representation in the Media, Gender Equality and Family
Planning, Status of Working Women, Discriminations against Dalit Women, Female
Sex Workers, Work and Economic Empowerment of Women and Feminist Thought and
Indian Feminism.