ISBN:
110741685X
,
1139795368
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9781107416857
,
9781139795364
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 263 pages)
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maps
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in Indian history and society 22
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Newbigin, Eleanor, 1980- Hindu family and the emergence of modern India
DDC:
306.850954
Keywords:
Hindus Social life and customs
;
Hindus Legal status, laws, etc
;
Patriarchy
;
Women
;
Families History 21st century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Families
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Hindus ; Legal status, laws, etc
;
Hindus ; Social life and customs
;
Patriarchy
;
Women
;
History
;
India
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have understood these acts as a response to growing concern about women's rights but, in a powerful re-reading of their history, this book traces the origins of the Hindu law reform project to changes in the political-economy of late colonial rule. The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India considers how questions regarding family structure, property rights and gender relations contributed to the development of representative politics, and how, in solving these questions, India's secular and state power structures were consequently drawn into a complex and unique relationship with Hindu law. In this comprehensive and illuminating resource for scholars and students, Newbigin demonstrates the significance of gender and economy to the history of twentieth-century democratic government, as it emerged in India and beyond
Abstract:
List of maps -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Making the modern Indian family : property rights and the individual in Colonial Law -- Financing a new citizenship : the Hindu family, income tax and political representation in late-colonial India -- Wives and property or wives as property? : the Hindu family and women's property rights -- The Hindu code bill : creating the modern, Hindu legal subject -- B.R. Ambedkar's Code Bill : caste, marriage and post-colonial Indian citizenship -- Family, nation and economy : establishing a post-colonial patriarchy -- Conclusion -- Appendix: law members involved with the Hindu code bill 1941-56 -- Bibliography.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index
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