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Unfamiliar Relations restores the family and its many forms and meanings to a central place in the history of South Asia between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. In her incisive introduction, Indrani Chatterjee argues that the recent wealth of scholarship on ethnicity, sexuality, gender, imperialism, and patriarchy in South Asia during the colonial period often overlooks careful historical analysis of the highly contested concept of family. Together, the essays in this book demolish "family" as an abstract concept in South Asian colonial history, demonstrating its exceedingly different meanings across temporal and geographical space. The scholarship in this volume reveals a far more...
This Book Makes A Distinct Contribution To Our Understanding Of The Changing Social Fabric In South Asian Countries. The Study Is Divided Into 3 Sections - Changing Power Structures And State Bureaucracies - Gender-On The Status Of Women In Society - Traditional Status, Interaction And Social Mobilization. Dust Cover Missing, Text Clean, Condition Good.
A Study Guide for Marguerite Duras's "India Song," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
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Study chiefly on the practice of witch-hunting among the Santal tribal community of Malda District of West Bengal, and an exploration of the causes of the presence of Bengali widows in Vrindavan, India.
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