Converting women: gender and Protestant Christianity in colonial South India
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 conve...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2004
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| En: | Año: 2004 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
India (Süd)
/ Mujer
/ Cristianismo
/ Conversión (Religión)
/ Historia 1850-1947
B Tamil Nadu / Mujer / Cristianismo / Conversión (Religión) / Historia 1850-1947 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Protestant women
India, South
History
B Christian converts from Hinduism India, South History B Women, Tamil Religious life India, South History B Protestant converts India, South History |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (Publisher) |
| Parallel Edition: | No electrónico
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 315 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-983517-1 0-19-983517-9 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/0195165071.001.0001 |
