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- Book Title
- Sex And the Family in Colonial India : The Making of Empire
- ISBN
- 9780521857048
- Subject Area
- Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Sex and the Family in Colonial India : the Making of Empire
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Sociology / General, Asia / India & South Asia, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Marriage & Family
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Series
- Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 21.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 292 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
052185704X
ISBN-13
9780521857048
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038641573
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
292 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Sex and the Family in Colonial India : the Making of Empire
Subject
Sociology / General, Asia / India & South Asia, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Series
Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2006-025599
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'Ghosh's book will be immensely valuable to scholars of gender, race, and empire ...' Journal of Asian Studies, 'Ghosh's book will be immensely valuable to scholars of gender, race, and empire …' Journal of Asian Studies, '… Sex and the Family makes an important contribution to the investigation of racial and gender relations in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century India by reminding us of the anxiety Englishmen felt and by recovering some of the Indian women's voices.' Eighteenth-Century Studies, '... Sex and the Family makes an important contribution to the investigation of racial and gender relations in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century India by reminding us of the anxiety Englishmen felt and by recovering some of the Indian women's voices.' Eighteenth-Century Studies, "The book is a critical intervention in the historiography of early colonial India, addresses an overlook chapter in the history of South Asian families, and challenges previous assumptions about the development of racialized ideologies in the British empire." -Mytheli Sreenivas, Journal of Sociology of the Family
Series Volume Number
Series Number 13
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
306.850954/09033
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Colonial companions; 2. Residing with begums: William Palmer, James Achilles Kirkpatrick and their 'wives'; 3. Good patriarchs, uncommon families; 4. Native women, native lives; 5. Household order and colonial justice; 6. Servicing military families: family labour, pensions and orphans; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Synopsis
In the early years of the British empire, cohabitation between Indian women and British men was commonplace and to some degree tolerated. However, as Durba Ghosh argues in a challenge to the existing historiography, anxieties about social status, appropriate sexuality, and the question of who could be counted as 'British' or 'Indian' were constant concerns of the colonial government even at this time. By following the stories of a number of mixed-race families, at all levels of the social scale, from high-ranking officials and noblewomen to rank-and-file soldiers and camp followers, and also the activities of indigenous female concubines, mistresses and wives, the author offers a fascinating account of how gender, class and race affected the cultural, social and even political mores of the period. The book makes an original and signal contribution to scholarship on colonialism, gender and sexuality., An original contribution to scholarship on colonialism, gender and sexuality in India. By following the stories of a number of mixed-race families, at all levels of the social scale, Durba Ghosh offers a fascinating account of how gender, class and race affected the cultural and social mores of the period.
LC Classification Number
HQ669 .G48 2006
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