Distorted mirrors: (De)centring images of the 'illiterate Indian village woman' through ethnographic research narratives

Women, Literacy and Development: Alternative Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 35-56

  Chopra, Priti ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54049123682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203300237     Document Type: Chapter

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