Title The Hindu family and the emergence of modern India : law, citizenship and community / Eleanor Newbigin

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : maps Series Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 22 Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ; 22. Contents List of maps -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Making the modern Indian family : property rights and the individual in Colonial Law -- Financing a new citizenship : the Hindu family, income tax and political representation in late-colonial India -- Wives and property or wives as property? : the Hindu family and women's property rights -- The Hindu code bill : creating the modern, Hindu legal subject -- B.R. Ambedkar's Code Bill : caste, marriage and post-colonial Indian citizenship -- Family, nation and economy : establishing a post-colonial patriarchy -- Conclusion -- Appendix: law members involved with the Hindu code bill 1941-56 -- Bibliography Summary Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have understood these acts as a response to growing concern about women's rights but, in a powerful re-reading of their history, this book traces the origins of the Hindu law reform project to changes in the political-economy of late colonial rule. The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India considers how questions regarding family structure, property rights and gender relations contributed to the development of representative politics, and how, in solving these questions, India's secular and state power structures were consequently drawn into a complex and unique relationship with Hindu law. In this comprehensive and illuminating resource for scholars and students, Newbigin demonstrates the significance of gender and economy to the history of twentieth-century democratic government, as it emerged in India and beyond Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index Notes Print version record Subject Families -- India -- History -- 21st century Hindus -- India -- Social life and customs Hindus -- Legal status, laws, etc. Patriarchy -- India Women -- India POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Families Hindus -- Legal status, laws, etc. Hindus -- Social life and customs Patriarchy Women India Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2013010577 ISBN 9781107416857 110741685X 9781139795364 1139795368 9781107419513 1107419514

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