Ruchika Sharma

Concubinage, Race and Law in Early Colonial Bengal (eBook, PDF)

Bequeathing Intimacy, Servicing the Empire

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the domestic relations which British men came to establish with native Indian women in early colonial Bengal. It provides a fresh look into the history of imperial expansion and colonial encounters by studying the large number of wills left by British men who came in an official or economic capacity to India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000638660
• Artikelnr.: 64276913

Autorenporträt

Ruchika Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Gargi College, University of Delhi, India.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Reading Wills
Retrieving Native Woman
2. Beyond The Purdah - 'Constructing' The Native Woman
3. Forging Intimacies
4. Legality - Property
violence
and discord
5. Interracial Progeny
6. Concluding Remarks

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1. Introduction: Reading Wills, Retrieving Native Woman, 2. Beyond The Purdah - 'Constructing' The Native Woman, 3. Forging Intimacies, 4. Legality - Property, violence, and discord, 5. Interracial Progeny, 6. Concluding Remarks