Chapter 1 of the book deals with midwives. Two chapters deal with religiosity. The chapter on women entrepreneurs traces their economic failures to the socially static patriarchal order. The fifth chapter poses the question where does one place the ‘discipline’…

The Patriarchal World View of the Tamils in Sri Lanka has found expression in the ideology, practices and rituals of Hinduism. The research through such as identification process makes an attempt to raise the consciousness of the community towards eradication…

The reasons for the emergence of new rituals, cult-based religious practices and the increasing involvement of women in these activities becomes one aspect of the study. It further focuses on the religious experiences of women across ethnicities and religions, and…

The book explores the role of women as ideologues, agents, activists and visionaries as part of the movement. It deciphers the structural inequalities pertaining to the secondary status ascribed to them through discrimination and all forms of oppression and the…

This book contains a significant collection of essays that looks at contemporary Sri Lankan women’s creative writing in English. The essays in this volume capture a range of interests, issues, voices and even texts and attest to a vigorous, vibrant…

The book, through a study of Hindu socio-cultural and religious signs, explores the shifting meanings of the term ‘femininity’ across time and space. While showing how these constructions of femininity lie deeply embedded in socio-political and cultural processes, the book…