| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 315 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction: Gender and Conversion in Colonial India -- Into the fold: Protestant Christian Communities in South India -- Colonial Knowledge and the Creation of Respectible Castes -- Women's Missionary Societies -- Motherhood and the Home: Indian Christian Domesticity -- Civilization and Sexuality: Indian Christian Marriage -- Gold and Cholis: Indian Christian Sartorial Style -- Conclusion: Indian Christianity and Conversion -- Index |
| Summary |
At the height of British colonialism, conversion to Christianity was a path to upward mobility for Indian low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. Kent examines these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in which conversion transformed gender roles and expectations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian converts from Hinduism -- India, South -- History
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Women, Tamil -- Religious life -- India, South -- History
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Protestant converts -- India, South -- History
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Protestant women -- India, South -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Christian converts from Hinduism
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Protestant converts
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Protestant women
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Christentum
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Konversion Religion
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Frau
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Zending.
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Protestantisme.
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Vrouwen.
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South India
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Indien -- Süd
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423758250 |
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9781423758259 |
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1280558970 |
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9781280558979 |
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9780199835171 |
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0199835179 |
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