Between Colonial Laws and Religious Traditions: Hindu Women in the Nineteenth Century India
Between Colonial Laws and Religious Traditions: Hindu Women in the Nineteenth Century India

Author(s): Maria-Daniela Pomohaci
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Cultural history, Special Branches of Philosophy, Social history, Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Philosophy of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Presa Universitara Clujeana
Keywords: Colonial India; Laws; Religious Traditions; Hindu Women; India
Summary/Abstract: In order to understand social reforms regarding women’s rights in nineteenth century India, one needs to begin by taking a look at the ideas of “rule of law” and at the “rule of colonial difference”, which animated legislation initiatives in the field of gender and discrimination in colonial India.

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