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Wives, widows, and concubines : the conjugal family ideal in colonial India / Mytheli Sreenivas.
By: Sreenivas, Mytheli.
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TextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2008.Description: xii, 169 p. ill., map 25 cm.ISBN: 9780253351180; 0253351189; 9780253219725 (pbk.); 0253219728 (pbk.).Subject(s): Families -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Marriage -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Kinship -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Women -- India -- Tamil NaduDDC classification: 306.85
Contents:
Introduction: Situating families -- Colonizing the family : kinship, household, and state -- Conjugality and capital : defining women's rights to family property -- Nationalizing marriage : Indian and Dravidian politics of conjugality -- Marrying for love : emotion and desire in women's print culture -- Conclusion: Families and history.
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Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group Library | 306.85 SRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | W153 |
Introduction: Situating families -- Colonizing the family : kinship, household, and state -- Conjugality and capital : defining women's rights to family property -- Nationalizing marriage : Indian and Dravidian politics of conjugality -- Marrying for love : emotion and desire in women's print culture -- Conclusion: Families and history.
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