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This is the second edition of the original book published in 1998, and as an OIP in 1999, about Rukhmabai's defiant stand against Hindu orthodoxy as well as the colonial legal establishment in late 19th c. India. It includes a new Afterword in which the author examines the libel suit into which the protagonist was dragged, even as she was fighting a suit for 'restitution of conjugal rights'.

Table of Contents
PROLOGUE; CH 1 RUKHMABAI AND HER CASE; CH 2. A DISPUTED CHARTER; CH 3. THE LAW ON TRIAL; CH 4. A CHALLENGE TO CIVILIZED SOCIETY; CH 5. THE BRUTAL EMBRACE: LET IT STAND; EPILOGUE. APPENDICES ? A - E. INDEX

Enslaved Daughters

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A Paperback / softback by Sudhir Chandra

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    Publisher: OUP India
    Publication Date: 20/03/2008
    ISBN13: 9780195695731, 978-0195695731
    ISBN10: 0195695739
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    Law Family law Public international law: human rights Gender studies, gender groups

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This is the second edition of the original book published in 1998, and as an OIP in 1999, about Rukhmabai's defiant stand against Hindu orthodoxy as well as the colonial legal establishment in late 19th c. India. It includes a new Afterword in which the author examines the libel suit into which the protagonist was dragged, even as she was fighting a suit for 'restitution of conjugal rights'.

    Table of Contents
    PROLOGUE; CH 1 RUKHMABAI AND HER CASE; CH 2. A DISPUTED CHARTER; CH 3. THE LAW ON TRIAL; CH 4. A CHALLENGE TO CIVILIZED SOCIETY; CH 5. THE BRUTAL EMBRACE: LET IT STAND; EPILOGUE. APPENDICES ? A - E. INDEX

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