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Download or read book Women and Law in Colonial India written by Janaki Nair and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author: Rachel Sturman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-06-29
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 1107010373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyses religious law in colonial India, exploring how it encouraged gender equality and a rethinking of the relationship between state and society.
Download or read book The Government of Social Life in Colonial India written by Rachel Sturman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses religious law in colonial India, exploring how it encouraged gender equality and a rethinking of the relationship between state and society.
Author: Indrani Chatterjee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780195659061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith The Aid Of Evidence Drawn Mainly From The Ruling House Holds Of Eastern Indian In The Late-Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries, This Book Illustrates That This Apparent Bedrock Is Unstable And Shows How Slaves Contributed To The Constitution Of The Family And Kinship.
Download or read book Gender, Slavery and Law in Colonial India written by Indrani Chatterjee and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Aid Of Evidence Drawn Mainly From The Ruling House Holds Of Eastern Indian In The Late-Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries, This Book Illustrates That This Apparent Bedrock Is Unstable And Shows How Slaves Contributed To The Constitution Of The Family And Kinship.
Author: Indrani Chatterjee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume shows that slaves acquired by some ruling households were incorporated into patterns of kinship. Colonial abolitionist measures did not even try to release these slaves; they restructured ideologies of marriage and succession instead and eroded the status of slave-descended members over time.
Download or read book Gender, Slavery and Law in Colonial India written by Indrani Chatterjee and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume shows that slaves acquired by some ruling households were incorporated into patterns of kinship. Colonial abolitionist measures did not even try to release these slaves; they restructured ideologies of marriage and succession instead and eroded the status of slave-descended members over time.
Author: Chandra Mallampalli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-11-21
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1139505076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and customs? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century. The family, which consisted of two untouchable brothers, both of whom married Eurasian women, became wealthy as distillers in the local community. A family dispute resulted in a landmark court case, Abraham v. Abraham. Chandra Mallampalli uses this case to examine the lives of those involved, and shows that far from being products of a 'civilizing mission' who embraced the ways of Englishmen, the Abrahams were ultimately - when faced with the strictures of the colonial legal system - obliged to contend with hierarchy and racial difference.
Download or read book Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India written by Chandra Mallampalli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and customs? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century. The family, which consisted of two untouchable brothers, both of whom married Eurasian women, became wealthy as distillers in the local community. A family dispute resulted in a landmark court case, Abraham v. Abraham. Chandra Mallampalli uses this case to examine the lives of those involved, and shows that far from being products of a 'civilizing mission' who embraced the ways of Englishmen, the Abrahams were ultimately - when faced with the strictures of the colonial legal system - obliged to contend with hierarchy and racial difference.
Author: Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2003-04-09
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780822330486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen in custody -- Women in law -- Killing women.
Download or read book The Scandal of the State written by Rajeswari Sunder Rajan and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in custody -- Women in law -- Killing women.
Author: Jayasankar Krishnamurty
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays on Indian women is an important contribution to both Indian historiography and feminist studies. The book covers such topics as the Hindu Widow's Remarriage act of 1856, female infanticide, property rights, social welfare systems, and the struggle for the right to vote.
Download or read book Women in Colonial India written by Jayasankar Krishnamurty and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays on Indian women is an important contribution to both Indian historiography and feminist studies. The book covers such topics as the Hindu Widow's Remarriage act of 1856, female infanticide, property rights, social welfare systems, and the struggle for the right to vote.
Author: Tirthankar Roy
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016-09-20
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 022638764X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy accessibly recounting and analyzing the unique experience of institutions in colonial India--which were influenced heavily by both British Common Law and indigenous Indian practices and traditions--Law and the Economy in Colonial India sheds new light on what exactly fosters the types of institutions that have been key to economic development throughout world history more generally. The culmination and years of research, the book goes through a range of examples, including textiles, opium, tea, indigo, tenancy, credit, and land mortgage, to show how economic laws in colonial India were shaped neither by imported European ideas about how colonies should be ruled nor indigenous institutions, but by the practice of producing and trading. The book is an essential addition to Indian history and to some of the most fundamental questions in economic history.
Download or read book Law and the Economy in Colonial India written by Tirthankar Roy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By accessibly recounting and analyzing the unique experience of institutions in colonial India--which were influenced heavily by both British Common Law and indigenous Indian practices and traditions--Law and the Economy in Colonial India sheds new light on what exactly fosters the types of institutions that have been key to economic development throughout world history more generally. The culmination and years of research, the book goes through a range of examples, including textiles, opium, tea, indigo, tenancy, credit, and land mortgage, to show how economic laws in colonial India were shaped neither by imported European ideas about how colonies should be ruled nor indigenous institutions, but by the practice of producing and trading. The book is an essential addition to Indian history and to some of the most fundamental questions in economic history.
Author: Jessica Hinchy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-04-04
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 110849255X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sexuality through the history of transgender Hijras in north India.
Download or read book Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India written by Jessica Hinchy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sexuality through the history of transgender Hijras in north India.
Author: Lata Mani
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-09-01
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0520921151
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContentious Traditions analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. Though the prohibition of widow burning in 1829 was heralded as a key step forward for women's emancipation in modern India, Lata Mani argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state. Mani radically revises colonialist as well as nationalist historiography on the social reform of women's status in the colonial period and clarifies the complex and contradictory character of missionary writings on India. The history of widow burning is one of paradox. While the chief players in the debate argued over the religious basis of sati and the fine points of scriptural interpretation, the testimonials of women at the funeral pyres consistently addressed the material hardships and societal expectations attached to widowhood. And although historiography has traditionally emphasized the colonial horror of sati, a fascinated ambivalence toward the practice suffused official discussions. The debate normalized the violence of sati and supported the misconception that it was a voluntary act of wifely devotion. Mani brilliantly illustrates how situated feminism and discourse analysis compel a rewriting of history, thus destabilizing the ways we are accustomed to look at women and men, at "tradition," custom, and modernity.
Download or read book Contentious Traditions written by Lata Mani and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contentious Traditions analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. Though the prohibition of widow burning in 1829 was heralded as a key step forward for women's emancipation in modern India, Lata Mani argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state. Mani radically revises colonialist as well as nationalist historiography on the social reform of women's status in the colonial period and clarifies the complex and contradictory character of missionary writings on India. The history of widow burning is one of paradox. While the chief players in the debate argued over the religious basis of sati and the fine points of scriptural interpretation, the testimonials of women at the funeral pyres consistently addressed the material hardships and societal expectations attached to widowhood. And although historiography has traditionally emphasized the colonial horror of sati, a fascinated ambivalence toward the practice suffused official discussions. The debate normalized the violence of sati and supported the misconception that it was a voluntary act of wifely devotion. Mani brilliantly illustrates how situated feminism and discourse analysis compel a rewriting of history, thus destabilizing the ways we are accustomed to look at women and men, at "tradition," custom, and modernity.
