Unknown Women: Aged, Widowed, Tribals & Urbans

by Paromita Dasgupta, Ranjana Ray, Soumitra Basu

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This book reveals the so far unknown conditions of elderly women residing in rural and urban areas. The elderly santal women residing in a village in Burdwan District of West Bengal and elderly widows residing in the CMC ward 87 (Kalighat) of Kolkata are subjects of study. Several parametres such as socio-demography, economic condition, family life, health care and living condition, network and contact are taken into consideration. The study shows that change in the traditional set up is the main cause for the misery of the elderly women in both the areas. Suitable recommendations are made for the alleviation of their misery on the basis of the research findings.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ranjana Ray

Ranjana Ray is a former professor of the Department of Anthropology, Calcutta university. She has been conferred with Emeritus Fellowship by UGC considering her highly acclaimed contribution in authropology. She is an elected member of the executive body of the International Union for Prehistoric and protohistoric Sciences, a body of the UNESCO. She is the Anthropological Secretary of the Asiatic Society. There are a number of publications to her credit published in reputed scientific journals in India and abroad.