Wives, widows, and concubines : the conjugal family ideal in colonial India

Mytheli Sreenivas

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Note on Transliteration Introduction: Situating Families 1. Colonizing the Family: Kinship, Household, and State 2. Conjugality and Capital: Defining Women's Rights to Family Property 3. Families and Nations: Indian and Dravidian Politics of Conjugality 4. Marrying for Love: Emotion and Desire in Women's Print Culture Conclusion: Families and History Notes Bibliography Index

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