Motherhood In India: Glorification Without Empowerment?

This book presents an overview of the varied experiences and representations of motherhood in India from ancient to modern times. The thrust of the arguments made by the various contributors is that the centrality of motherhood as an ideology in a woman's life is manufactured. This is demonstrated by analysing various institutional structures of so

• | Author: Maithreyi Krishnaraj
• | Publisher: Routledge India
• | Publication Date: Jun 14, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 372 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0367176440
• | ISBN-13: 9780367176440