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Recasting Culture to Undo Gender : A Sociological Analysis of Jeevika in Rural Bihar, India

This paper brings together sociological theories of culture and gender to answer the question – how do large-scale development interventions induce cultural change? Through three years of ethnographic work in rural Bihar, the authors examine this q...

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Main Authors:	Sanyal, Paromita, Rao, Vijayendra, Majumdar, Shruti
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SANITATION EMPOWERMENT WOMEN LEADERS BENEFIT SOCIAL NORMS ECONOMIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS VILLAGES GENDER INEQUALITY FORMAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE HOUSE KINSHIP RELIGION OLD AGE ABUSE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN LAWS CULTURAL SYSTEMS PARTNER CULTURAL PRACTICES SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS PUBLIC SERVICES INEQUALITIES RITUAL FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS SANCTIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS FEMININITY SUBSIDY SYMBOLS TOWNS CORRUPTION WILL SOCIAL SCIENCES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SOCIAL GROUPS OLD-AGE PENSION CULTURE PUBLIC HEALTH HOME LITERACY KNOWLEDGE SOCIAL IMPACT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING IDENTITY RITUALS WIDOW POOR FAMILIES WIVES PUBLIC SUPPORT MARGINALIZATION MATERIAL RESOURCES SEXUALITY POLITICAL POWER HEALTH CENTERS DEMOCRACY DISCOURSE MIGRATION MODERNIZATION PARTICIPATION IN DECISION GENDER NORMS COMMUNITY RESOURCE PERSONS ANTHROPOLOGISTS COERCION JAIL LAND OWNERSHIP MARRIAGE CULTURAL CHANGE VICIOUS CYCLE PUBLIC SPHERE HISTORY SOCIAL CLASSES MIGRANTS CIVILIZATION SUBSIDIES STATUS OF WOMEN HUMAN BEINGS SOCIOLOGISTS RESPECT PROGRESS WOMANHOOD SMALL LOANS ANTHROPOLOGY HOUSEWIVES MIGRANT SOCIAL INEQUALITY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOOD SECURITY DAILY LIFE LABOR LAWS GENDER DIFFERENCES NURSE WOMAN FAMILY POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PENSIONS POWER GENDER HOMES WIDOWS SPATIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL ACTION PUBLIC DEBATE MANDATES ENHANCING WOMEN NUTRITION STORIES POPULATIONS ILLITERATE WOMEN CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WORKSHOPS MASCULINITY POLICY PEER PRESSURE SOCIETIES HUSBANDS NUMBER OF WOMEN POLICE OFFICER SEX SOCIOLOGY CHILDREN FEMALES HUSBAND WARS LIBERTY HOUSEHOLDS CAPITALISM EQUALITY SELF-SUFFICIENCY POPULATION LAW GIRLS HOUSES LIVING CONDITIONS SOCIETY POLICY RESEARCH NORMS POLITICAL PROCESS SOCIAL CHANGE HOUSEHOLD WORK FAMILIES WOMEN LABOR MARKETS GENDER ROLES WIFE WEDDING SOCIAL PROCESSES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PEACE DISTRICTS ALLIANCES BENEFITS GENDER EQUALITY PATRIARCHY DEVELOPMENT POLICY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25049204/recasting-culture-undo-gender-sociological-analysis-jeevika-rural-bihar-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22667

Recasting Culture to Undo Gender : A Sociological Analysis of Jeevika in Rural Bihar, India

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