000			01662nam a22003137a 4500
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003			BD-SySUS
005			20160405161504.0
008			120702s2008 ii fo| 001|0|eng d
020			_a9780199080311 (ebook) : _cNo price
040			_aStDuBDS _beng _cStDuBDS _dBD-SySUS _epn
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
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c40550 _d40550