Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia

This new edition of the successful handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the study of gender in South Asia.

It offers a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives spanning both the humanities and social sciences, focussing on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Bringing together key experts in the field of South Asia and gender, women and sexuality, it is essential reading for scholars who research and teach on South Asia as well as for scholars in related interdisciplinary fields that focus on women and gender from comparative and transnational perspectives.