About the Book: Institutional Finance and Rural Development
There is a lacuna in the field of autobiography-studies, especiallywomens
autobiographies. This book seeks to fill the gap. Whatmakes it different from
other works on womens autobiographies isthe fact that it is an analysis of
autobiographies across theEast-West boundary. Three of the autobiographies
examined are ofAmerican women and three of Indian women. This kind
ofcross-cultural examination, involving American and Marathiautobiographies and
using the feminist literary approach has notbeen attempted before. Nor have the
individual autobiographies beenexamined in such detail before. Hence, this book
hopes to break newground in the area of autobiography studies. The book is
primarilyaimed at people interested in