Selfing the city : single women migrants and their lives in Kolkata / Ipshita Chanda.
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TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, 2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 322 p. ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9788190676045 (hbk)Subject(s): Women internal migrants -- India -- Kolkata -- Social conditions | Single women -- India -- Kolkata -- Social conditions | Women -- Identity | Group identity -- India -- Kolkata | Urbanization -- India -- KolkataDDC classification: 305.40954147 | Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| JKRC Social Science Complex | JKRC Social Science Complex | 305.40954147 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | JKRC 19-20 | SSE213 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Entering the space: diversity through a gender lens -- The city: relations in urban space -- Inhabiting the city: the challenges -- A room in the city: constructing a private space -- Finding the "self" -- Friendships: creating a community -- The 'safe' city and outsider women -- The 'self' and the city: new roles -- The outsider and equitable social space.
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