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What exactly is the tenuous connection between an individual and
culture? When does a cultural tradition cease to offer security to
its members and instead becomes so confining that one must protest
or rebel to survive as an individual? These issues, which had often
undercut the author's well-intentioned research plans, compelled
her to pay attention to the subjective aspect of research as much
as the objective ones. This was the beginning of an inner
exploration which led her to become a Jungian psychotherapist and a
different kind of observer of human nature and culture.
Drawing on personal experiences and interviews with others, Roy
explores the frustrations and rewards in the lives of Hindu Bengali
women in upper and upper-middle class families in India. Roy traces
the psychological dimensions of these women as they play their
specific roles, including daughter, wife, mother, and
sister-in-law.
In a new Afterword, Roy discusses changes in Bengali society and
culture over the last two decades which have direct bearings on
women's lives: divorce and the breakup of the joint family,
education, increasing Westernization via television and women's
magazines, and the erosion of traditional religious practices.
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