Chitra Sinha

Gebundenes Buch

Debating Patriarchy

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

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

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