Chanda, Ipsita,

Selfing the city : single women migrants and their lives in Kolkata / Ipshita Chanda. - 1st ed. - New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, 2017. - 322 p. ; 22 cm.

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.

9788190676045 (hbk)

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Women internal migrants--Social conditions.--India--Kolkata
Single women--Social conditions.--India--Kolkata
Women--Identity.
Group identity--India--Kolkata.
Urbanization--India--Kolkata.

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