Wives, widows, and concubines : the conjugal family ideal in colonial India / Mytheli Sreenivas.

Author/creator Sreenivas, Mytheli
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 169 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesContemporary Indian studies
Contemporary Indian studies. ^A595942
Contents Introduction: Situating families -- Colonizing the family : kinship, household, and state -- Conjugality and capital : defining women's rights to family property -- Nationalizing marriage : Indian and Dravidian politics of conjugality -- Marrying for love : emotion and desire in women's print culture -- Conclusion: Families and history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [153]-161) and index.
LCCN 2007042258
ISBN9780253351180 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253351189 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253219725 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0253219728 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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