ISBN:
0195695739
,
9780195695731
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 265 S
,
23 cm
Edition:
2. ed., 3. impr
DDC:
305.420954
Keywords:
Women Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
;
History
;
Women Social conditions
;
Frau
;
Indien
;
Soziale Situation
;
India History British occupation, 1765-1947
;
Indien
;
Frau
;
Sozialgeschichte 1800-1900
Abstract:
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)
Note:
With an afterword
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
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