
Govind Kelkar, Dev Nathan and Pierre Walter (eds.) Gender Relations in Forest Societies in Asia: Patriarchy at Odds. New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London: Sage Publications, 2003. Hardbound. Indian Rs 550.00.
Author(s) -
Rizwan Ul Haq
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v45i1pp.137-139
Subject(s) - patriarchy , human sexuality , gender studies , sociology , gender relations , relation (database) , south asia , new delhi , odds , anthropology , history , medicine , logistic regression , metropolitan area , archaeology , database , computer science
Gender refers to the set of arrangements by which a societytransforms biological sexuality into products of human activity and inwhich these transformed needs are satisfied, whereas gender relationsare the ways in which a culture or society defines rights,responsibilities and the identities of men and women in relation to oneanother. Gender relations are complex, dynamic and socially embeddedhaving many interlocked dimensions.