Widows under Hindu Law / David Brick.
The work provides an exhaustive history of the treatment and status of widows under classical Hindu law, a complex and highly influential tradition of jurisprudence spanning over two millennia of Indian history (300 BCE-1800 CE). As such, this book both contributes to our understanding of how male a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Rocher Indology series.
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| Summary: | The work provides an exhaustive history of the treatment and status of widows under classical Hindu law, a complex and highly influential tradition of jurisprudence spanning over two millennia of Indian history (300 BCE-1800 CE). As such, this book both contributes to our understanding of how male attitudes toward women evolved in pre-modern India and provides crucial context for important colonial debates on Hindu widow remarriage and the Hindu custom of widow self-immolation or sati. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2023. "This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197664575 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780197664544.001.0001 |
| Access: | Open access. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 28, 2023) |