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Widows of Colonial Bengal: Gender, Morality and Cultural Representation

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Widows of Colonial Bengal: Gender, Morality, and Cultural Representation seeks to explore the unique vulnerability and precarity of widowhood in Bengal during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A major purpose of this study is to re-examine the official and indigenous discourses surrounding the widely debated Widow Remarriage Act of 1856; another is to situate the 'widow problem'-rooted in the historical context of a heightened preoccupation with marriage, remarriage, sexuality and survival-within contemporary cultural representations. The focus of this volume is the tussle between the colonial state, reformist demands, and nationalist pressures, mapping out the shifting diagnosis of the moral and material ills associated with widowhood. While exploring the dynamic interplay between devotion and deviance, this book also offers glimpses into some widows' acts of resistance.


  • | Author: Aishika Chakraborty
  • | Publisher: Primus Books
  • | Publication Date: Jun 22, 2023
  • | Number of Pages: 442 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Hardcover
  • | ISBN-10: 9355727305
  • | ISBN-13: 9789355727305
Author:
Aishika Chakraborty
Publisher:
Primus Books
Publication Date:
Jun 22, 2023
Number of pages:
442 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN-10:
9355727305
ISBN-13:
9789355727305