Against high-caste polygamy: a colonial-era appeal to abolish kulinism in Bengal : an annotated translation
Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar's influential social-reform tract from 1871. Crafted by one of the nineteenth century's most prominent voices for social change, Against High-Caste Polygamy demonstrates Vidyasagar's abili...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Aar Religion in Translation Series
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bengalis
/ Brahmin caste
/ Polygamy
/ Woman
/ Law
/ History 1800-1871
B Sanskrit language / Widow / Remarriage B Hinduism / Dharmaśāstra / Widow / Remarriage |
| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
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| Summary: | Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar's influential social-reform tract from 1871. Crafted by one of the nineteenth century's most prominent voices for social change, Against High-Caste Polygamy demonstrates Vidyasagar's ability to call upon the classical discourse and argumentation of the Sanskrit legal tradition while engaging the norms of modern historical and social criticism. In this work, Vidyasagar utilizes both a kind of "imaginative sociology" geared at capturing the suffering of Kulin women and a kind of proto-statistical analysis aimed at opening the eyes of readers to the extent and ramifications of polygamous practices that left Hindu women ostracized, neglected, and abused. Cover -- Series -- Against High-Caste Polygamy -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on the Text and Translation -- Introduction -- Against High-Caste Polygamy: The English Translation -- Author's Notice -- Against High-Caste Polygamy -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Supplement One -- Supplement Two -- Conclusion to the Second Supplement -- Supporting Evidence -- Notes -- Glossary: English to Sanskrit/Bengali -- Glossary: Sanskrit/Bengali to English -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (175 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0197675921 |