01646nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000092109 StDuBDS 20150804193940.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120702s2008 ii fo| 001 0 eng d 9780199080311 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS KNS516 .S88 2008 305.420954 23 Sudhir Chandra, 1941- Enslaved daughters [electronic resource] : colonialism, law and women's rights / Sudhir Chandra ; with an afterword. 2nd ed. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. 1 online resource (xiii, 265 p.) Previous ed.: 1998. Includes bibliographical references and index. Adopting a radical-feminist stance, this book discusses the case of Dadaji Bhikaji against his 22 year-old wife Rukhmabai, filed when, after 11 years, she refused to live with him as per the Hindu marriage law. The book examines the lawsuit, looks at the role of the British during the court proceedings, and highlights some details of Rukhmabai's life that could reveal some psycho-social factors that gave her the strength to rebel. Description based on print version record. Women India Social conditions. Women India History 19th century. Women Legal status, laws, etc. India History 19th century. Print version 9780195695731 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195695731.001.0001 37977 37977