Converting women : gender and Protestant Christianity in colonial South India / Eliza F. Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Eliza F., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian converts from Hinduism--India, South--History.

Women, Tamil--Religious life--India, South--History.

Protestant converts--India, South--History.

Protestant women--India, South--History.

Protestant women.

History.

Protestant converts.

Women, Tamil.

Religious life.

Christian converts from Hinduism.

South India.

Physical Description:

ix, 315 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

With the emergence of Hindu nationalism, the conversion of Indians to Christianity has become a volatile issue, erupting in violence against converts and missionaries. At the height of British colonialism, however, conversion was a path to upward mobility for low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. In this book, Eliza F. Kent takes a fresh look at these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in which conversion transformed gender roles and expectations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-302) and index.

ISBN:

0195165071

OCLC:

52412323