Raman, Vasanthi.

The warp and the weft : community and gender identity among Banaras weavers / Vasanthi Raman. - 1st ed. - New Delhi : Routledge, 2010. - xxviii, 384 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Copyright: Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-373) and index.

On the social conditions of Muslims and women weavers and influx of communal and ethnic feelings in their social fabric predominantly of Vārānasi, Uttar Pradesh, India; a study.

9780415553766

Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

2010308557


Muslims--Social conditions.--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Women weavers--Social conditions.--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Communalism--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Gender identity--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)


Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Ethnic relations.

306.36 / RAM