Changes in the Status of North Indian Women: A Case Study of Palitpur Village |
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adopting age group agricultural labor Bhangis birth to sons Brahmans burga burqa caste and age caste group Chamars Chauhans considered customs daughters East Lansing economic development economic wealth emic emulating ghunghat girls High-yield variety seeds higher caste women Higher Scheduled Muslims Hindu women household husband and in-laws husband-wife relationships institution of dowry Kshatriyas lower castes marriage married Michigan State University middle generation high middle generation women mobility Muslim women non-family males North India observed older and middle Palitpur village partial purdah pativrata practice responses rural women Sanskritization saree Scheduled caste women Scheduled Muslims Total serve food Shudra social recognition STATUS OF NORTH status of women study of Palitpur supported dowry Syracuse University talking to non-family traditional values Tubewell upper castes views of respectability visit their maika wage labor woman WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL women in Palitpur women's position women's social status women's status yes no yes