Rochona Majumdar

Gebundenes Buch

Marriage and Modernity

Family Values in Colonial Bengal

Beschreibung

A history of marriage practices in colonial Bengal from 1870 until the mid-20th century that shows how the idea of arranged marriage as a traditional practice was constructed in opposition to the notion of modern love marriages.

Autor

Rochona Majumdar is Assistant Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. She is a co-editor of From the Colonial to the Postcolonial: India and Pakistan in Transition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 168mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780822344629
• ISBN-10: 0822344629
• Artikelnr.: 25866890