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020 _a9780199080311 (ebook) :
_cNo price
040 _aStDuBDS
_cStDuBDS
050 0 _aKNS516
_b.S88 2008
082 0 4 _a305.420954
_223
100 0 _aSudhir Chandra,
_d1941-
245 1 0 _aEnslaved daughters
_h[electronic resource] :
_bcolonialism, law and women's rights /
_cSudhir Chandra ; with an afterword.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aNew Delhi ;
_aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2008.
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 265 p.)
500 _aPrevious ed.: 1998.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 _aAdopting a radical-feminist stance, this book discusses the case of Dadaji Bhikaji against his 22 year-old wife Rukhmabai, filed when, after 11 years, she refused to live with him as per the Hindu marriage law. The book examines the lawsuit, looks at the role of the British during the court proceedings, and highlights some details of Rukhmabai's life that could reveal some psycho-social factors that gave her the strength to rebel.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aWomen
_zIndia
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aWomen
_zIndia
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aWomen
_xLegal status, laws, etc.
_zIndia
_xHistory
_y19th century.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780195695731
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195695731.001.0001
999 _c37977
_d37977