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Enslaved daughters [electronic resource] : colonialism, law and women's rights / Sudhir Chandra ; with an afterword.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 265 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780199080311 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.420954 23
LOC classification:
  • KNS516 .S88 2008
Online resources: Summary: Adopting 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.
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Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adopting 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.

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