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020			_a9781784744106
082			_a305.4095 STA-L
100			_aStadlen, Lexi
245			_aNine paths : _ba year in the life of an Indian village / _cLexi Stadlen
260			_aLondon _bChatto & Windus _c2022
300			_a299 p.
365			_aINR _b699.00
500			_aRevelatory, lyrical and immersive, this is an extraordinary book that takes you deep into these ordinary women's worlds... Their stories are urgent and forcefully articulated - and this book gives us the chance to hear them. On an island at the eastern edge of India, rural, remote and dense with jungle, is a Muslim village. In an ever-shifting landscape of mangroves and rivers, the women here dwell among contradictions, constrictions and change in a place where one's neighbours are often too close for comfort. Nine Paths follows the lives of nine of these women, and their families, over the course of a year - from one monsoon season to another. There are weddings to celebrate and deaths to mourn, difficult marriages to navigate and tragedies to overcome, as we observe the everyday drudgery and unexpected turmoil, and the dreams of something better. Revelatory, lyrical and immersive, this is an extraordinary book that takes you deep into these ordinary women's worlds. Anthropologist Lexi Stadlen spent sixteen months in this village, talking, listening, and getting to know these women, who were willing to share their complicated, fascinating lives. Their stories are urgent and forcefully articulated - and this book gives us the chance to hear them.
650			_aMuslim women--Social conditions
650			_aVillages--Social aspects
650			_aWomen--Social conditions
650			_aWomen--Social life and customs
650			_aIndia--West Bengal
650			_aCountry life
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