Bengali Women by Manisha Roy
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.
Roy, Manisha: - Manisha Roy, Ph. D, IAAP, is a trained geographer and anthropologist and received her diploma in analytical psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland in 1982. She has been in private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is a training analyst and in the faculty of the Jung Institute of Boston for 40 years. She has taught both anthropology and analytical psychology at several universities including Universities of Colorado, Denver, Long Beach, California and the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Roy has lectured all over the world. Among numerous publications she has 32 articles and 10 books, three of which are fiction and two are in her mother tongue Bengali. Her first book, Bengali Women (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1976, 1993), has gone through two prints and two editions and now it's available electronically as well. This book has been a text at many Women's Studies departments of various universities. Her latest book, My Four Homes, is published by Chiron Publications, in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Roy lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband, who is a retired physician and author.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226730424 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226730425 |
| Title | Bengali Women |
| Author | Manisha Roy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1979-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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