ISBN:
9780199835171
,
0199835179
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (ix, 315 p.)
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Kent, Eliza F., 1966 - Converting women
DDC:
305.4'8648246'09548
Keywords:
Christian converts from Hinduism India, South
;
History
;
Women, Tamil Religious life
;
India, South
;
History
;
Protestant converts India, South
;
History
;
Protestant women India, South
;
History
;
Indien Süd
;
Frau
;
Christentum
;
Konversion
;
Geschichte 1850-1947
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Frau
;
Christentum
;
Konversion
;
Geschichte 1850-1947
Abstract:
At the height of British colonialism, conversion to Christianity was a path to upward mobility for Indian low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. Kent examines these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in which conversion transformed gender roles and expectations.
DOI:
10.1093/0195165071.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/0195165071.001.0001
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