Frogs in a Well: Indian Women in Purdah

Patricia Jeffery is Professor of Sociology, Edinburgh University. Her research focuses on gender and communal politics among Hindus and Muslims in South Asia. Her publications include Resisting the Sacred and Secular: Women’s Activism and Politicized Religion in South Asia (co-edited with amrita Basu, 1999), and Confronting Saffron Demography: Religion.