Selfing the city :
Chanda, Ipshita,
Selfing the city : single women migrants and their lives in Kolkata / Ipshita Chanda. - New Delhi Sage Publications 2017 - 322 pages; 23 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--Social aspects--India--Kolkata.
307.24/CHA
Selfing the city : single women migrants and their lives in Kolkata / Ipshita Chanda. - New Delhi Sage Publications 2017 - 322 pages; 23 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--Social aspects--India--Kolkata.
307.24/CHA