Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Figures

pp ix-x

List of Tables

pp xi-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xiv

Part I - Introduction

pp 1-2

1 - A Crisis of Reproduction: Gender, Land and Migration in Contemporary Jharkhand

pp 3-34

Part II - Gender and Land

pp 35-36

2 - Kinship Matters: Women’s Land Claims in the Santal Parganas

pp 37-65

3 - Questioning Women’s Solidarity: The Case of Land Rights in the Santal Parganas

pp 66-94

4 - Custom and the Courts: Ensuring Women’s Rights to Land

pp 95-120

Part III - Migration and Identity

pp 121-122

5 - Respect, Status and Domestic Work: Female Migrants at Home and Work

pp 123-147

6 - Migration, Representations and Social Relations: Experiences of Jharkhand Labour in Western Uttar Pradesh

pp 148-175

7 - Aspiring for Distinction: Gendered Educational Choices in an Indian Village

pp 176-200

Part IV - Livelihoods and Well-Being

pp 201-202

8 - Displacing Gender from Displacement: A View from the Santal Parganas

pp 203-228

9 - Enhancing Women’s Mobility in a Forest Economy: Transport and Gender Relations in the Santal Parganas

pp 229-251

10 - Mothers, Daughters and Well-Being: Contentment and Conflict amongst the Santals

pp 252-272

Part V - Policy and Politics

pp 273-274

11 - Vision 2010: Chasing Mirages

pp 275-284

12 - Agricultural Research and Extension in India: Changing Ideologies and Practice

pp 285-301

13 - Conflicts and Contradictions: Land Laws in the Santal Parganas

pp 302-330

Part VI - Conclusion

pp 331-332

14 - Looking Ahead: Policy Implications for Equitable Development

pp 333-358

Index

pp 359-365