Chitra Sinha

Debating Patriarchy

The Hindu Code Bill Controversy in India (1941-1956)

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an analysis of Hindu Code Bill, this book explores the formative process of law. It examines the family law reforms in India to understand the connection between legal reforms and social transformation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 147mm x 224mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780198078944
• ISBN-10: 0198078943
• Artikelnr.: 47868914

Autorenporträt

Chitra Sinha is a PhD from the University of Mumbai and has been a Visiting Fellow, Centre for Study of Women, University of California at Los Angeles, USA. She has taught at the Visva Bharati University, SNDT Women's University and in colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai in a teaching career spanning two decades. She has been a recipient of several prestigious fellowships, including the SSRC Fellowship of the Ford Foundation and the New India Foundation Book Writing Fellowship. Presently, she is working on her second book on women, law and society in Asia and the Middle East.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Introduction
1: Contesting Patriarchy: The Early Years
2: The Hindu Code Bill: A Historical Background
3: Evolution of the Hindu Code Bill
4: Law and the Public Gaze: Hindu Code Bill in the Public Sphere
5: Hindu Code Bill in the Political Sphere
6: Hindu Code Bill Controversy : The Final Phase
7: Hindu Code Bill and the Modern Indian Mind
Bibliography
Index