Girish Karnad's Plays ; Performance and Critical Perspectives

By Tutun Mukherjee

This collection is concerned with exploring the housing circumstances of women in developed and emerging societies, at a time of substantial economic and social change, focusing on how the links between gender and housing can manifest themselves. For instance, in many countries the wider context of housing provision has been heavily influenced by attitudes surrounding the 'male breadwinner model' whereby the male wage-earner provides for a dependent wife and children, supported by the notion of a "family wage."These and other perceptions reflect the structured and institutionalised relations of power which permeate the policy process and the wider world, the nature and dynamics of which are culturally contingent. Topics addressed in Women and Housing include how affordability can affect the housing of women, what effect housing rights have upon individuals, how social change can influence housing systems as well as the effects of age, ethnicity and class upon the whole process.The contributing international academics investigate the ways in which women's housing opportunities have been constrained or enhanced, using empirical data on women's labour market participation, wealth distribution, family formation and education. Worldwide examples are drawn from Japan, Australia, Spain, China, the UK, Hong Kong and the USA.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8185753717
• ISBN13: 9788185753713
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Pencraft International
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.7"