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)
2017005640
Women internal migrants--Social conditions.--India--Kolkata Single women--Social conditions.--India--Kolkata Women--Identity. Group identity--India--Kolkata. Urbanization--India--Kolkata.