Enslaved daughters colonialism, law and women's rights
This is the second edition of a remarkable study of a young woman's defiant stand against Hindu orthodoxy and the colonial legal establishment in late nineteenth-century India. It revolves around a suit for 'restitution of conjugal rights' filed against Ruhkmabai, who was married at a...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New Delhi u.a.
Oxford Univ. Press
2009
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| Ausgabe: | 2. ed., 3. impr |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This is the second edition of a remarkable study of a young woman's defiant stand against Hindu orthodoxy and the colonial legal establishment in late nineteenth-century India. It revolves around a suit for 'restitution of conjugal rights' filed against Ruhkmabai, who was married at age eleven and refused to go and live with her husband. This lucid and engaging account captures the dramatic unfolding of the litigation, as well as the huge social and political debate set off by it. The narrative skilfully weaves together the details of the case with larger issues of gender and law, colonialism, culture, reform, and modernity ... (Quelle: Text Verlagseinband / Verlag) |
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| Beschreibung: | With an afterword Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 265 S 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0195695739 0-19-569573-9 9780195695731 978-0-19-569573-1 |