Bengali Women

• Author(s): Manisha Roy,
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Pages: 232
• ISBN_10: 0226230449
  ISBN_13: 9780226230443
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , History / Asia / South / General , Social Science / Women's Studies ,

Description:... Drawing on personal experiences and interviews with others, Roy explores the frustrations and rewards in the lives of Hindu Bengali women in upper and upper-middle class families in India. Roy traces the psychological dimensions of these women as they play their specific roles, including daughter, wife, mother, and sister-in-law.

In a new Afterword, Roy discusses changes in Bengali society and culture over the last two decades which have direct bearings on women's lives: divorce and the breakup of the joint family, education, increasing Westernization via television and women's magazines, and the erosion of traditional religious practices.