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The Warp and the Weft: Community and Gender Identity Among the Weavers of Banaras
Author(s): Vasanthi Raman (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge India
- Publication Date: September 30, 2010
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 316 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415553768
- ISBN-13: 9780415553766
Book Description
This book studies the impact of the communal violence of the early 1990s on the individual lives of the Muslim weavers of Banaras, with considerable focus on gender, identity and inter-community relations.
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About the Author
Vasanthi Raman is Consultant, Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi, India.
