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The issues and concerns of older women have received little attention in the literature on women . They suffer from multiple disabilities-being old, being women, being widows, being poorer and being more unhealthy. In this context, the present volume offers a refreshing array of papers dealing with the different facets of older women's woes. The book is a collection of 20 article presented at a National Consultation on Older Women held at Thiruvananthapuram in ...
This volume is a collection of selected papers of the First National Seminar on Widowhood in India, orgaised recently by the Trivandrum-based Centre for Gerontogical Studies. It gives a fair picture of India widows, cutting across ethnic and regional barriers. Some of the Papers trace the origin and development of widowhood practices in India, some of the papers trace the origin and development of widowhood practices in India, some deal with special categories of ...