Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: THE IDEOLOGY OF WIDOWHOOD
Gender, Caste and Labour - Uma Chakravarti
The Ideological and Material Structure of Widowhood
Sexuality, Unchastity and Fertility - Prem Chowdhry
Economy of Production and Reproduction in Colonial Haryana
Widows versus Daughters or Widows as Daughters? Property, Land and Economic Security in Rural India - Bina Agarwal
PART TWO: THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WIDOWHOOD
Widowhood and Mortality in India - P N Mari Bhat
Widowhood and Aging in India - Leela Gulati
PART THREE: WIDOWS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
Widows in a Tribal Setting in West Bengal - Lotika Sarkar and Narayan Banerjee
Land Rights of Widows in Rajasthan - Shobha Nandwana and Ramesh Nandwana
Widows and Property Rights - Seema Misra and Enakshi Ganguly Thukral
A Study of Two Villages in Bihar
Widows, Land Rights and Resettlement in the Narmada Valley - Bela Bhatia
Widows, Family Support and Land Rights - Neelam Gorhe, Chandra Bhandari and Bela Bhatia
Case Studies from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar and Gujarat
PART FOUR: WIDOWS AND SOCIAL SECURITY
The Pension Scheme for Widows in Tamil Nadu - K V Eswara Prasad
Social Security of Widows in Gujurat - Varsha Bhagat Ganguly
Social Security for Widows - I S Gulati and Leela Gulati
A Study of Pension Schemes in Kerala
PART FIVE: WIDOWS, POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT
Widowhood and Poverty in Rural India - Jean Dr[gr]eze and P V Srinivasan
Some Inferences from Household Survey Data
The Poor Widows of Kootam - Leela Gulati
A Study of Widows in a Squatter Settlement
Jayamma - Leela Gulati and Mitu Gulati
Profile of a Widowed Brick Worker
Women′s Employment Status by Marital Status in Haryana - D V Rukmini
Self-Employed Widows - Renana Jhabvala
Some Experiences from Gujarat
PART SIX: WIDOWS AND PUBLIC ACTION
Partition Widows - Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin
The State as Social Rehabilitator
Social Action with Rural Widows in Gujarat - Bela Bhatia