Citation

Jones K. Soc. Change 2011; 41(4): 553-566.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Council for Social Development, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/004908571104100404

PMID

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Abstract

This brief study centres on how some young women in two teacher education programmes in Delhi, India are negotiating their sense of gender identity in a very patriarchal society. It provides first-hand descriptions of what it means to be coming-of-age in this transitional society and offers an analysis of the tensions resulting from the conflicting expectations, restrictions, and opportunities for young women in modern-day India. The author positions the struggles of young women in India as not separate, but part of a universal struggle for human rights.

Language: en