{"product_id":"contentious-traditions-9780520214071","title":"Contentious Traditions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. This book argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS \u003cbr\u003e PREFACE \u003cbr\u003e ACKNOWLEDGMENTS \u003cbr\u003e INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e 1 Equivocations in the Name of Tradition: The Official Debate on Widow Burning \u003cbr\u003e 2 Abstract Disquisitions: Bhadralok and the Normative Violence of Sati \u003cbr\u003e 3 Missionaries and Subalterns: Belaboring Tradition in the Marketplace\u003cbr\u003e 4 Traveling Texts: The Consolidation of Missionary Discourse on India \u003cbr\u003e 5 The Female Subject, the Colonial Gaze: Eyewitness Accounts of Sati\u003cbr\u003e AFTERWORD\u003cbr\u003e NOTES\u003cbr\u003e GLOSSARY\u003cbr\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e INDEX","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402806960471,"sku":"9780520214071","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520214071.jpg?v=1730481564","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contentious-traditions-9780520214071","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}