Atlas of Women
and Men in India/Saraswati Raju, Peter J. Atkins, Naresh Kumar
and Janet G. Townsend. 1999, 131 p., $63. ISBN 81-85107-94-7.Atlas of Women
and Men in India/Saraswati Raju, Peter J. Atkins, Naresh Kumar
and Janet G. Townsend. 1999, 131 p., $63. ISBN 81-85107-94-7.
Contents: Introduction. 1. India : i). The poeple of India. 2. Work: i). India at work. ii). Agriculture. iii). Crafts and manufacturing. iv). Services. 3. Literacy and education. 4. Marriage, life and death: i). From daughter to mother. ii). Who's living? Who's missing?. iii). Missing children. 5. Political power. 6. The environment for living. 7. Conclusion: i). Data quality. ii). The future. Appendices: 1. References and select bibliography. 2. State-level data on employment. 3. District-level data. 4. Technical section.
"This compilation of almost 100 maps is put together using data from the 1991 Census of India. The Atlas maps a regional geography of women and men, using indicators as diverse as literacy, education, voting patterns, cultural groupings, fertility rates, workforce participation etc. The aim is to provide information based on Census data which can help demonstrate the diversity of women's lives in India, and to provide it in such a way that readers/users can link one set of facts with another, to look at what kinds of patterns emerge.
"In foregrounding women, the Atlas poses--implicity--some key questions: how are knowledge and information constructed and communicated? Why has geography, for example, been so silent on the contribution of women to society? What kinds of layers of knowledge and information do we need to unpeel before we arrive at some information about the silent contributors--women.
"Supplemented by detailed appendices and tables, the Atlas throws light on "missing" or "invisible" facts and information in a graphic, readable and accessible form which makes them useful to a wide range of readers." (jacket)
[Saraswati Raju is Associate Professor of Social Geography based at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Peter Atkins is a geographer based at Durham University.
Naresh Kumar is an expert in computer cartography and is based at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Janet Townsend is a geographer based at Durham University.]