The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : law, citizenship and community

The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : law, citizenship and community / Eleanor Newbigin.

Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have understood these acts as a response to growing concern about women's rights but, in a powerful re-reading of their history, this book traces the origins of the Hindu law...

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Main Author: Newbigin, Eleanor, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Series:Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 22.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Families > India > History > 21st century.
Hindus > India > Social life and customs.
Hindus > Legal status, laws, etc.
Patriarchy > India.
Women > India.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Families
Hindus > Social life and customs
Patriarchy
Women
India
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • List of maps
  • List of tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Making the modern Indian family : property rights and the individual in Colonial Law
  • Financing a new citizenship : the Hindu family, income tax and political representation in late-colonial India
  • Wives and property or wives as property? : the Hindu family and women's property rights
  • The Hindu code bill : creating the modern, Hindu legal subject
  • B.R. Ambedkar's Code Bill : caste, marriage and post-colonial Indian citizenship
  • Family, nation and economy : establishing a post-colonial patriarchy
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: law members involved with the Hindu code bill 1941-56
  • Bibliography.

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