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Enslaved Daughters
Sudhir Chandra
其他書名
Colonialism, Law and Women’s Rights
出版Oxford University Press, 2008-02-27
主題Law / Gender & the LawSocial Science / Women's StudiesLaw / Family Law / GeneralSocial Science / Gender StudiesLaw / International
ISBN01990887809780199088782
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QIAyDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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 the 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. 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. This edition includes a new Afterword in which the author analyses a vexatious libel case into which the rival party dragged Rukhmabai with a view to breaking her will, even before the original suit has been settled. This book will interest students and scholars of gender studies, family law, feminist perspective of history, legal history, and also general readers.