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Enslaved Daughters (Oip) Second Edition: Colonialism, Law and Women's Rights (Oxford India Paperbacks)
Sudhir Chandra
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Description for Enslaved Daughters (Oip) Second Edition: Colonialism, Law and Women's Rights (Oxford India Paperbacks)
paperback. This is the second edition of the original book published in 1998, and as an OIP in 1999, about Rukhmabai's defiant stand against Hindu orthodoxy as well as the colonial legal establishment in late 19th c. India. It includes a new Afterword in which the author examines the libel suit into which the protagonist was dragged, even as she was fighting a suit for 'restitution of conjugal rights'. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSJ1; LBBR; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
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 Rukhmabai, who was married at age eleven and refused to go and live with her husband. Based on extensive archival research, 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 skillfully weaves together the details of the case with larger issues of ... Read more
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 Rukhmabai, who was married at age eleven and refused to go and live with her husband. Based on extensive archival research, 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 skillfully weaves together the details of the case with larger issues of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press India
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780195695731
SKU
V9780195695731
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About Sudhir Chandra
Sudhir Chandra was formerly Senior Fellow, Centre for Social Studies, Surat, Gujarat and Visiting Professor, Institute for the Study of Languages & Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He is the author of Continuing Dilemmas: Understanding Social Consciousness (2002), and The Oppressive Present: Literature and Social Consciousness in Colonial India (1992, OUP) and Dependence and Disillusionment: ... Read more
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