Unraveling farmer suicides in India :

Kumar, Nilotpal

Unraveling farmer suicides in India : egoism and masculinity in peasant life / Nilotpal Kumar - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017. - xv, 308 p. ; 23 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction
2.Ecology, Risk, and Cash Crop Cultivation: Agrarian Change in NRP
3.Aham, Swartham, and Poti: Rising Individualism in the Village
4.The Desiring Village: Consumption, Status, and Identity Construction
5.`Farmers' Suicides': A Critical Appraisal
6.Manam and Avamanam: Masculinity, Suicide, and Social Meanings
7.Conclusion.

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Ecology.
Social meanings.
Cash crop cultivation.

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