About the Book: Women and Work in Rural India
This book is a compilation of papers examining womens role in rural production
systems in India. The book is divided into six sections; the first section
explores conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues with respect to
understanding womens work. The second, third, and fourth sections present
evidence from primary and secondary data on womens work in agriculture and
nonagricultural activities, and include a discussion of the nature of work among
Dalit and Adivasi women. The fifth and sixth sections provide a brief historical
perspective of rural womens employment in the colonial period and analyze womens
access to banking.