Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities: A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780472069774)

Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities provides a path-breaking explanation of the causes, and traces both the negative and positive consequences, of female-headed households in Eastern Sri Lanka. Negative consequences revolve around female poverty, male domination, and subordination; positive consequences revolve around ways in which patriarchal relations can often be challenged and circumvented. Through a finely nuanced study of Muslim, Sinhala and Tamil households in Eastern Sri Lanka, we learn of both the commonality of patriarchal structures and economic problems in such households, as well as the differences created by ethnicities that divide them.


Author: Kanchana N. Ruwanpura
ISBN-10: 0472069772
ISBN-13: 9780472069774
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2006
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.58w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 148